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Personal Income Tax Reform Symposium - 2 and 3 April 2007

Atax has organised a symposium on personal income tax reform, part of a long term research project funded by The Australian Research Council. CPA Australia is the Atax industry partner in the project. The symposium brings together leading Australian and international and international experts in personal taxation issues.

Full Symposium Program [PDF]

Photos from the event

 

Symposium Papers and Presentation Slides

Papers can be downloaded from the links below in PDF format. Slides are provided in Microsoft Powerpoint (PPT) format.

 

Paper No.

Title

Author(s)

Downloads

1

Taxing capital income: problems and possibilities

Emeritus Professor Richard Bird

Paper* [PDF]

Slides [PPT]

*cover sheet only

2

A strategic approach to personal income tax reform

Dr Simon James & Alison Edwards

Paper [PDF]

Slides [PPT]

3

Towards systemic reform of the
Australian personal income tax:
developing a sustainable model for the future

Professor Chris Evans and
Associate Professor Binh Tran-Nam

Paper [PDF]

Slides [PPT]

4

The contribution of effective marginal tax
rates to work disincentives

Professor Brian Andrew

Paper [PDF]

Slides [PPT]

5

The structure of a sustainable income tax system

Professor Patricia Apps

Paper [PDF]

6

Some options for tax reform - an outline

Professor Julian Disney

Paper [PDF]

7

Facts, values and dilemmas in tax policy

Dr Alan Fenna

Paper [PDF]

8

Back to the future: the impact on personal income tax
reform on the macroeconomy - implications for the
2007 federal election

Dr Richard Eccleston

Paper [PDF]

Slides [PPT]

9

A state income tax for Australia?

Robert Carling

Paper [PDF]

10

Superannuation and personal income tax reform

Associate Professor Hazel Bateman
and
Associate Professor Geoffrey Kingston

Paper [PDF]

Appendix [PDF]

Slides [PPT]

11

A package of less special deductions and exemptions
and lower tax rates

Professor John Freebairn

Paper [PDF]

Slides [PPT]

12

An examination of child care tax transfer reform proposals

Helen Hodgson

Paper [PDF]

Slides [PPT]

13

Tax refund versus tax return?

Associate Professor Cynthia Coleman

Paper [PDF]

Slides [PPT]

14

Personal income tax reform: concensus, outliers,
specifics and the longer-term socio-economic context

Associate Professor Jeff Pope

Paper [PDF]

Slides [PPT]