With the Federal Budget delivered in April and a Federal Election this month, tax is a hot topic of conversation. The Federal Opposition has released policies relating to capital gains tax, negative gearing and franking credit refunds, while the Government has flagged the possibility of bringing forward proposed reductions in personal income tax and possibly still hopes for a lower corporate tax rate.
A problem with much of the national debate on tax is that only the usual suspects only get talked about. In any national debate there are sometimes elephants in the room, ideas that are known and discussed by the experts, but so ‘outrageous’ that no one in government or the media talks about them.
On Thursday 30 May 2019 at the UNSW CBD Campus at 1 O’Connell St Sydney, the School of Taxation and Business Law in the UNSW Business School is holding a Festival of Outrageous Tax Ideas designed to give some airtime to some ‘outrageous’ ideas.
Leaders in the tax field, from a range of disciplines and interests, will propose and work through new thinking on four major themes including:
The format of each of the four sessions is designed to explore possibilities and provoke a rethinking of the way forward for taxation in Australia. Proponents and opponents will wrestle with new ideas and wrangle with robust audience participation through panel discussion and Q&A sessions.
