President Trump recently released his tax plan, but he’s also said he wants to stimulate the economy with infrastructure spending. Is one more effective than the other at boosting growth?
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President Trump released details of his tax plan, which would essentially benefit the wealthiest Americans by repealing the estate tax and other changes at the expense of the middle class.
The administration wants to cut the tax rate on so-called pass-through entities, which is likely to lead to creative tax planning and outright evasion, damaging faith in the system.
KPMG South Africa sets a potential example of how shareholders can attack the soft underbelly of private sector state capture enablers.
To fight against obesity, a huge issue in Asia, governments must promote lifestyle changes through education and improve access to healthy foods.
Workers are getting ABNs and being employed as contractors responsible for their own tax payments. This is undercutting conditions and eroding the most important part of the nation’s tax base.
Despite its name, cryptocurrency isn’t just money. It could also be debt or equity and so it should be regulated and taxed in the same way as other finance.
Family farms, restaurants, other food businesses and the rural economy will suffer under federal tax proposals for small businesses,
Could the ‘magic money tree’ have been right under our nose this whole time?
The implications, economic and otherwise, of this massive policy change are only beginning to sink in.
The International Monetary Fund’s view of how to fix South Africa’s economy deserves to be seriously considered.
Labor has proposed a crackdown on discretionary trusts, which would raise $4.1 billion over the forward estimates and $17.2 billion over a decade.
Overwhelmingly, trusts are used to minimise tax, avoid paying creditors and to avoid the fair division of property after a relationship breakdown.
Micro-brewers are increasing in Australia, which is surprising given the unfair excises and rebates they face.
A treaty Australia has just signed will amend existing tax treaties to limit international tax avoidance.
Applying the GST to banking has much sounder economic underpinnings than the current levy, would have raised much more revenue, and would have applied to all banks rather than just the big banks.
Keeping companies in the UK will be a huge task for whoever ends up in Downing Street.
Dublin’s role in global business is threatened by Trump’s tax plans, so the opportunity presented by Britain’s EU exit will have to be snatched with both hands.
Contrary to what Labor and the banks have predicted, revenue from the bank levy will likely be higher, even with deductions.
The AiGroup’s Innes Willox’s statement that Australia has “one of the highest progressive tax rates in the developed world”. We asked the AiGroup for sources to support his statement.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Taxation and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Adjunct Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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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, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, University of Essex
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Candidate, casual academic, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Surrey
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Associate Professor in Taxation, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer, School of Taxation ＆ Business Law, UNSW