This paper discusses the impact and the appropriateness of tax incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union. First, we provide a survey of implemented tax incentives specifically targeted at SMEs in the 28 EU Member States. Building hereon, we measure the impact...

This paper discusses the impact and the appropriateness of tax incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union. First, we provide a survey of implemented tax incentives specifically targeted at SMEs in the 28 EU Member States. Building hereon, we measure the impact...

Australian federal Governments' increasingly broaden and tinker with a range of small business tax concessions as they seek electoral support from an estimated 2.7 million small businesses. Consequently, a plethora of costly tax concessions for small business has emerged. Their complexity...

The problem of taxpayers claiming income tax loss deductions for hobby/lifestyle activities has been a perennial issue for the Australian income tax system. As a result of the 1999 Review of Business Taxation's (herein after the ‘Review') report the federal Government introduced non-commercial...

This paper examines Australia's 2009 Henry Review recommendations on small business taxation. In doing so this paper analyses these recommendations having regard to the issue of defining a small business and by examining the various rationales that are commonly extended for such concessions....

With the advent of the global financial crisis this is clearly a challenging time for small business. Whilst the former Coalition Government introduced a succession of small business incentives, as commentators have noted these ‘benefits' are some what problematical. In light of the recent...

In 1996 the Australian Government embarked on a campaign helping Australia’s 860,000 small businesses from the constraints of crippling taxes and red tape with the establishment of the Small Business Deregulation Taskforce. Notwithstanding the efforts of the taskforce the income tax laws have...