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May 5, 2025 Michelle Cull, _Western Sydney University_ Once the election hype settles, Labor must deliver on its promises. And, of course, these policies will ultimately have to be paid for.

April 13, 2025 Isaac Gross, _Monash University_ Labor and the Coalition have both acknowledged the cost-of-living crisis facing many Australians in separate tax policies unveiled on Sunday.

February 6, 2025 Kerrie Sadiq, _Queensland University of Technology_ and Ashesha Weerasinghe, _Queensland University of Technology_ Further promises of tax breaks for businesses are likely

in the run-up to the election, but that will mean trade-offs are needed. February 4, 2025 Dale Boccabella, _UNSW Sydney_ Much is unknown about the Coalition’s ‘long lunch plan’ causing

speculation about its impact on the budget and exactly who will benefit. November 4, 2024 Kerrie Sadiq, _Queensland University of Technology_ A new report reveals which companies are paying

tax and which aren’t. But it lacks other important detail on the tax practices of Australia’s largest corporations September 29, 2024 Robert Breunig, _Crawford School of Public Policy,

Australian National University_ Three decades of tax returns show striking patterns. Numbers that end in zero are more likely than other numbers, and more likely to indicate deceit. July 22,

2024 Matthew Wade, _La Trobe University_ The richest 1% of schools get 36% of the support delivered through tax-deductible donations, a situation the Productivity Commission wanted to end.

June 11, 2024 Ann Kayis-Kumar, _UNSW Sydney_ Whether you use a tax agent or do your own, getting your tax return right is important. Mistakes or fraudulent claims may come back to bite you.

November 21, 2023 Gavin Midgley, _University of Surrey_ The UK government has recently indicated that it could make some surprise tax announcements in coming days. June 10, 2022 Youngdeok

Lim, _UNSW Sydney_; Ann Kayis-Kumar, _UNSW Sydney_, and Chris Evans, _UNSW Sydney_ Tax advisers are more likely to act as “tax exploiters” for wealthy clients but “tax enforcers” for the

rest of us. February 6, 2022 Michelle Grattan, _University of Canberra_ The Morrison government will ensure COVID tests are tax deductible for workers and exempt from fringe benefits tax for

businesses when purchased for work-related purposes. September 3, 2020 Michael William Blissenden, _University of New England_ Taxpayers, including those paying tuition fees with FEE-HELP

loans, can claim a deduction for self-education expenses that relate to the work they do. But graduates with a HECS-HELP debt can’t claim. July 12, 2020 Ann Kayis-Kumar, _UNSW Sydney_; Chris

Evans, _UNSW Sydney_, and Youngdeok Lim, _UNSW Sydney_ Some tax deductions for the cost of managing tax affairs exceed $1 million, but high wealth individual\s can write off the expense in

other ways. June 29, 2020 Dale Boccabella, _UNSW Sydney_ Claiming for working for home is fraught. It’s safest to claim the running expenses the tax office allows. ‘Occupancy expenses’ are

harder to justify and could cost you your capital gains tax discount. January 15, 2019 Gregory C Mason, _University of Manitoba_ Several countries — namely Austria, Finland, Ireland, Italy,

Sweden and Switzerland — have removed tax benefits for charitable donations. Here’s why Canada should follow suit. May 7, 2018 Danielle Wood, _Grattan Institute_ and Brendan Coates, _Grattan

Institute_ Here are five ways the Treasurer could boost revenue to make the numbers work. October 25, 2017 Caroline Bruckner, _American University Kogod School of Business_ Republicans

rewriting the tax system have a rare opportunity to fix a major problem: most women-owned companies can’t take advantage of key provisions designed to help small businesses like theirs.

September 28, 2017 Patrick Rooney, _Indiana University Indianapolis_ The tax changes Trump and GOP lawmakers propose would reduce charitable giving, research suggests. But letting everyone

use a tax break mostly enjoyed by the rich might prevent that. April 26, 2017 Jay L. Zagorsky, _The Ohio State University_ The bar for achieving that lofty goal was set almost 150 years ago

when Congress cut taxes from as high as 10 percent to zero over two years. April 13, 2018 Youssef Benzarti, _University of California, Los Angeles_ The burden of filing our taxes appears to

be growing, especially for those who tend to wait until the last minute to fill in their 1040s.