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The aim of the research at the CIS is to work towards an efficient and predictable tax system that does not impose too great a burden on the economy.

How Highly Taxed Are We? The Level and Composition of Taxation in Australia and the OECD
Peter BurnNovember 19, 2004PM67

Taxation imposes costs. Some of these arise from its effects on international competitiveness, for taxes...

High time to look at equitable version of flat tax
Lauchlan ChipmanNovember 4, 2004The Australian Financial Review

In an interview before the election on October 9, Prime Minister John Howard agreed Australia’s...

The Very Idea of a Flat Tax
Lauchlan ChipmanOctober 29, 2004PM66

Arguments about the desirability of this or that taxation measure or policy invariably involve assertions...

Will You Still Vote for Me in the Morning? Why Politicians Aren’t Rushing to Increase Taxes
Andrew NortonJuly 16, 2004PM65

Despite repeated claims by advocates of big government that Australia is a ‘low tax country,’...

Who Pays the Lion’s Share of Personal Income Tax?
Sinclair DavidsonJuly 13, 2004PM63

Davidson’s paper performs a service by exposing the absurdities of some of the claims that...

Cut Taxes And Watch Economy Soar
Sinclair DavidsonJune 10, 2004The Australian Financial Review

The Treasury Secretary, Ken Henry , in a recent speech to Australian Business Economists ,...

The ‘national conversation’ on budgets, spending and tax
Robert CarlingMarch 23, 2023PP49
There is a wide-ranging agenda of issues to which this paper aims to make a...
Thatcherism
No End of a Lesson: The Imitation Thatcherism of Liz Truss
Simon HefferDecember 14, 2022OP194
The so-called ‘Trussonomics’ of Liz Truss’s short-lived and ill-fated premiership were based on an ignorance...
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A Sea of Red: Tracking Australia’s debt iceberg
Robert CarlingMarch 21, 2022PP45
The increase in debt raises economic policy issues of major concern. It is reducing fiscal...
Lower Company Tax to Resuscitate the Economy
Jeff Bennett, Michael Potter, Tony MakinJuly 6, 2020PP31

In response to the economic contraction of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal and state governments...

A Fiscal Vaccine for COVID-19
Tony MakinJune 10, 2020PP30

The fiscal response to the Covid-19 crisis ensures that the federal and state governments will...

State Finances after the Pandemic
Robert CarlingMay 28, 2020PP29

The strength of Australia’s government finances is an important dimension of economic performance as it...

Are tax cuts inflationary?
Phil RennieOctober 29, 2007New Zealand Centre for Political Research online forum

The latest excuse from the government for not giving us tax cuts (despite an $8...

Tax cuts can help fight inflation
Stephen KirchnerOctober 10, 2007The Australian Financial Review

Unlike previous elections, this year’s federal campaign is likely to see only cautious spending and...

Politicians addicted to big spending
Robert CarlingOctober 9, 2007The Australian Financial Review

Tax revenue and government spending have grown even faster than the booming economy since the...

It’s always a case of another year, another excuse for not slashing Australia’s tax burden
Alex RobsonSeptember 5, 2007The Canberra Times

There is a famous gag in Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip in which the very...

The Tax Take Is Up
Robert CarlingJune 11, 2007Policy

The mantle of ‘highest taxing Treasurer’ may go with the job, but the government’s tax...

No real value in tax changes
Peter SaundersMay 10, 2007The Courier Mail

Real tax reform requires lower, fewer and flatter tax rates Now the dust has settled,...

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Submission to Senate Inquiry into Illegal Tobacco Crisis in Australia
Michael StutchburyJanuary 15, 2026
The federal government should pause increases in tobacco excise to weaken the profit of the...
Submission to the inquiry into the Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures Bill
Robert CarlingMay 14, 2024CIS
Submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee in relation to its inquiry into the Better...
Submission to Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Corporate Tax Avoidance
Michael PotterApril 19, 2017CIS Submission

Corporate tax avoidance is an issue of some concern to the Australian community. However, many...

Submission to Senate Inquiry on Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan) Bill 2016
Michael PotterOctober 3, 2016CIS Submission

The submission by CIS Research Fellow Michael Potter provides a detailed case for a reduction...

Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Enterprise Tax Plan Bill 2016
Michael PotterSeptember 30, 2016CIS Submission

The growing company tax burden contrasts with the state of the economy, which is showing...

Principles and recommendations for tax reform – CIS submission National Reform Summit
Simon Cowan, Robert Carling, Henry ErgasAugust 27, 2015CIS Submission

The slant towards cutting taxes before 2010 was welcome, but for such an approach to...

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