Tax Reform – For Economic Growth or Bigger Government?

Robert CarlingDecember 14, 2010PF20

The report on Australia's Future Tax System (the 'Henry review') was released by the government in May 2010. Shortly afterwards, The Centre for Independent Studies held a public forum to discuss the report and the government’s initial response. CIS authors have written extensively on tax reform over the years and the forum brought together some of those authors to voice their perspectives on the Henry review. This publication brings together the papers they presented at the forum on 17 May 2010. Robert Carling discusses the implications for economic growth and Sinclair Davidson presents a critique of the Resource Super Profits Tax that the government was then proposing to implement.

 

 

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