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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.

Fiddle diddle no more, tax needs an overhaul
Peter SaundersApril 28, 2006The Australian Financial Review

As budget day approaches, the Federal Government is coming under mounting pressure to reform our...

Treasurer has us on longer leash
Peter SaundersApril 25, 2006The Australian

Tax freedom day this year is April 25. This means it is a holiday for...

When is a welfare payment not a welfare payment?
Peter SaundersApril 13, 2006The Australian Financial Review

Everyone who earns more than $6,000 per year pays income tax. The zero-rate or ‘tax-free’...

Councils must have real clout
Wolfgang KasperApril 4, 2006The Australian Financial Review

Amid all the talk of tax cuts, Australians should gird themselves for hefty hikes in...

Tax overhaul long due
Peter SaundersJanuary 20, 2006The Australian

Despite repeated attempts by the Government to ignore it, the clamour for tax reform just...

Twenty Million Future Funds
Peter SaundersDecember 21, 2005IA66

This report is the third in a series of three titled ‘Restoring Self-Reliance in Welfare’...

Taxing the family : Australia’s forgotten people in the income spectrum
Lucy SullivanAugust 22, 2001PM50

Over the last two decades, the tax burden has shifted from taxpayers without to taxpayers...

Tax and the Family
Lucy SullivanMay 1, 2001PM50

Foreword The average family with dependent children today faces critical financial problems. Mothers increasingly find...

Behavioural Poverty
Lucy SullivanApril 9, 2000PM45

The welfare debate is bedeviled by the failure to distinguish behavioral from financial poverty. The...

Tax Injustice: Keeping the Family Cap-in-Hand
Lucy SullivanJuly 10, 1998IA3

There is a growing awareness of financial pressure on the family, together with anomalies in...

Enterprise: Free, Dependent or Captor?
Warren HoganAugust 8, 1985OP12

The relationship between government and business is the theme of this essay. Each depends on...

The Resource Rent Tax. A Penality of Risk Taking
John Bowers, Ray BallAugust 16, 1983PM5
High Earners Count Cost Of Tax
Peter SaundersJune 2, 2004The Australian Financial Review
Tax is the key to welfare reform
Peter SaundersJanuary 20, 2003The Australian Financial Review

Tony Abbott wants to reform tax and welfare so that it pays to work. His...

Threshold issues for a tax system that creates jobs
Peter SaundersNovember 30, 2001The Australian Financial Review

An important debate is taking place in Australia about the future of welfare, taxation and...

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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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