13 April 2016
The April Forum further explores tax reform options, including the proposed cut in the company tax rate and tax incentives for innovation
Introduction to Forum from co-convener Professor Peter Dawkins, Vice-Chancellor and President, Victoria University
Setting the Scene
Summation of previous forum discussion from co-convener Professor Ross Garnaut, Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, University of Melbourne
A modelling assessment of the impacts of a cut in company tax in Australia, Dr Janine Dixon, Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
Politics and Policy
Assessment of recent tax proposals and the politics of tax reform, Mr John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute
Company versus personal tax, Professor John Freebairn, Ritchie Chair of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
Tax policy and innovation, Professor Beth Webster, Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University