Cycling into work yesterday I bumped into the good Senator Nick Xenophon. I had to yell out “No super access for First Home Owners”! He responded so I hit the brakes and we had a short chat. In good news, Nick said that he…
With Land Value Tax recently in the press here, here, here, here, here and here, we hope these four interviews with leading international Georgists help build the public knowledgebase. Share them as you may. Listeners from as far afield as…
We are now settled into our new office space – LSX, 285 Lennox St, Richmond. It’s just a few minutes walk from Richmond Station. Check the map below and more details on our contact page. As a co-working space, it’s…
Following the recent Treasury submission to the Federal government’s Tax White Paper, which highlighted the positive marginal excess burden of Land Tax, is a more detailed analytical paper from Treasury using extensive modelling to report on the incidence and efficiency…
Rents always go up – don’t they? The 1.2 million negatively geared Australian tax payers whose property expenses exceed their rental income think so. Their cunning plan is to patiently wait while the rent ratchet turns their negative cash flows…
by Noah Smith The idea of a Land Value Tax (LVT) is to tax the value of land independently of the value of improvements on that land (e.g. buildings, farms, or mines). Separating the value of a plot of land…
Treasury today released its submission to the federal Tax White Paper. It has found a tax that actually confers a benefit on Australian citizens. That is, using it actually leaves us better off. It isn’t a new tax. It is…
Prominent Australian investor Mark Carnegie has called for tax reform to end the policy and financial straight jacket we find ourselves in – pointing to land tax, a resources tax and a lift in the GST to 15 per cent.…
Phil Anderson, author of The Secret Life of Real Estate & Banking, delivered a captivating presentation at Tuesday’s packed Boom or Bust – Where are we in the Cycle? event. About half of the recording was included in this week’s…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. The enews of Prosper & Earthsharing Australia MARCH 2015 Fre Sonneveld We are moving! Prosper is excited to inform our Evolving Economics readers that we…