Policy and media concern has shifted from efforts to reduce international double taxation on corporate profits to more recent concern over double non-taxation. Headlines in the US and European media have claimed that some firms are not paying their ‘fair share’ of taxes, and there are now proposals to reform agreements on international taxation, most notably the OECD Addressing Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) report.
The new Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at Crawford School will play an essential role in public debate about tax reform, Assistant Treasurer the Hon David Bradbury said at the Institute's launch.
The Hon David Bradbury MP, Federal Member for Lindsay, Assistant Treasurer and Minister Assisting for Deregulation will launch the new Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at Crawford School of Public Policy on Thursday.