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No Laffing Matter
An Australian was on holidays in the south of France.
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Bob Day
Unrealised Capital Gains Tax
Tax on unrealised capital gains, which the Labor government plans to implement, is among the most intellectually bankrupt of concepts, even for…
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Damon Hayhow
The Liberals and Their Tax Policy
The Liberals have announced a one-year tax offset that people will receive in 15 months.
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John Humphreys
Taxed to the Max: The Hidden Cost of Government
There’s no comprehensive or conclusive list of all the taxes levied on Australians by our three levels of government.
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Steve Holland
The Problems with Property Taxes
Property taxes are imposed on people who own property, the amount typically based on what the government deems the property to be worth.
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Jessica Colby
We Are Family
The family unit is a core tenet of a functioning free society.
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Max Payne
Resisting Centralist Power – Part 2
Following the Second World War, the most dramatic shift in the balance of tax power between the States and Commonwealth occurred.
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Bob Day
GST is Better than Income Tax
In my last article I argued that a flat and broad-based income tax is much the same as a broad-based GST, so we have little reason to hate the concept…
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Liberty Itch
Hate Income Tax? You Shouldn’t!
Some taxes are more damaging than others.
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Liberty Itch
The Tax Power
The Commissioner of Taxation has too much power.
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Liberty Itch
The New UAE Corporate Tax
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is famous for, among other things, zero tax.
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Damon Hayhow
The Misguided Quest for “Fair Share”
“Grab your torch and pitch-fork” was the rallying cry of the left in the recent debate over stage three tax cuts. And so the mob was led to follow a…
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