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Greater payroll taxes for GP clinics means lower profits. Clinics will seek to make up the shortfall in revenue by other means – and this could include reducing the number of patients they bulk bill.
Tasmania gets more of its revenue from “bad taxes” than any state or territory other than Victoria, and less from “good taxes” than anywhere other than Queensland.
The South African government is going ahead with the National Health Insurance scheme but has yet to detail how it is to be funded. What seems certain is that taxpayers will foot the bill.
The Grattan Institute says swapping stamp duty for land tax would make Australians up to $17 billion a year better off.
Social Security will have to dip into its trust fund to pay benefits this year for the first time since 1982. Should we be worried?
A better tax system and long-term budget sustainability starts with this blueprint.
The US Social Security system has been heading toward insolvency for decades, with the program now projected to run a 25% deficit by a little after 2030, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Despite…
The reform of Australia’s federation is under review. So far in our special series, leading Australian academics have discussed the future of the federation when it comes to taxation, education and health…
The Victorian government has decided to reduce payroll tax by 0.05%, from 4.9% to 4.85%. The decision comes as the Commonwealth government contemplates an increase in income tax via a deficit levy. But…
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, UMass Boston
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Researcher, Grattan Institute
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Distinguished University Professor, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Visiting Professor of Tax Law, New York University, and Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, Boston College
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Taxation, Stellenbosch University