The Australians facing the strongest disincentives to work are mostly on middle and lower incomes argues Nicholas Gruen in this CEDA report. These people are also the ones most likely to respond to the incentive provided by tax cuts. To encourage more work, tax cutting should focus on lowering the bottom (15 per cent) income tax rate, raising the tax-free threshold, and/or introducing a tax device called an "Earned Income Tax Credit" (EITC) for low-income households
The new tax plan approved by the U.S. Senate, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, claims to offer the largest...
This analysis of data from Australia and OECD countries, finds no support for claims that reduced co...
During 2007, 3.6 million or 9.7% of people in the United States age 65 or older were below the pover...
The Coalition is committed to helping Australian families to get ahead. Middle income Australians a...
Income tax reform has been at the centre of the policy agenda in recent years. In particular, there ...
This paper analyses the implications for labour supply, saving and income distribution, of a propose...
Therefore the overwhelming majority of working age Australians do not face high EMTRs.Governm...
The main beneficiaries of tax cuts are those who don’t really need the additional money, writes Robe...
This paper presents an analysis of the Five Economists’ plan for a “wage-tax trade-off”, combining a...
Kayoko Tsumori argues that \u27earnings credit\u27, proposed by the \u27Five Economists\u27 in 19...
A common theme among recent proposals to reform Australia’s personal income tax system is that lowe...
During 2007, 3.6 million or 9.7% of people in the United States age 65 or older were below the pover...
The mainstream view of tax reformers in Australia is that dropping our top personal tax rate closer ...
Middle income Australians are bearing a growing tax burden. Without action, the average full time w...
This new report finds that average workers in Australia pay less than their US counterparts and, con...
The new tax plan approved by the U.S. Senate, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, claims to offer the largest...
This analysis of data from Australia and OECD countries, finds no support for claims that reduced co...
During 2007, 3.6 million or 9.7% of people in the United States age 65 or older were below the pover...
The Coalition is committed to helping Australian families to get ahead. Middle income Australians a...
Income tax reform has been at the centre of the policy agenda in recent years. In particular, there ...
This paper analyses the implications for labour supply, saving and income distribution, of a propose...
Therefore the overwhelming majority of working age Australians do not face high EMTRs.Governm...
The main beneficiaries of tax cuts are those who don’t really need the additional money, writes Robe...
This paper presents an analysis of the Five Economists’ plan for a “wage-tax trade-off”, combining a...
Kayoko Tsumori argues that \u27earnings credit\u27, proposed by the \u27Five Economists\u27 in 19...
A common theme among recent proposals to reform Australia’s personal income tax system is that lowe...
During 2007, 3.6 million or 9.7% of people in the United States age 65 or older were below the pover...
The mainstream view of tax reformers in Australia is that dropping our top personal tax rate closer ...
Middle income Australians are bearing a growing tax burden. Without action, the average full time w...
This new report finds that average workers in Australia pay less than their US counterparts and, con...
The new tax plan approved by the U.S. Senate, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, claims to offer the largest...
This analysis of data from Australia and OECD countries, finds no support for claims that reduced co...
During 2007, 3.6 million or 9.7% of people in the United States age 65 or older were below the pover...