The debate about the efficacy of Australia's full dividend imputation system and especially the potential abolition of the full refundability of franking credits has intensified in recent times. This article contributes to the debate by empirically examining the impact of the introduction of...

This article proposes the abolition of the 50% capital gains tax (CGT) discount for personal taxpayers and its replacement with a non-cumulative annual tax-free threshold for the taxation of capital gains. This reform, it is argued, would considerably enhance the equity, efficiency and...

In the lead-up to the 2019 Federal Election the Australian Labor Party proposed, inter alia, to cap the cost of managing tax affairs deduction at $3,000. While there was much commentary in relation to this particular deduction from politicians and even more backlash from practitioners on the...

This article compares the preferential tax treatment of capital gains in Australia and in Canada, with a view to determining whether there are any lessons from the Australian experience that may be of relevance to Canada. The tax treatment of capital gains is similar in the two jurisdictions in...

Australia experienced a major reduction to the rate at which capital gains are taxed on the introduction of the “50% CGT discount” in the 1999‑2000 fiscal year. Claims made at the time of this effective capital gains tax (CGT) rate reduction suggested it would lead to increased...