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Memo to Australia's states: try renovating your tax system before asking for a new one

  • Written by Neil Warren, Emeritus Professor of Taxation, UNSW
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A major report commissioned by the NSW government has proposed lifting and expanding the goods and services tax and replacing stamp duty with a broad-based land tax.

Launched at the National Press Club on July 1 by NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet, panel chair David Thodey and panel member Jane Halton, the report said what has been said...

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