by Emily Sims | Oct 14, 2019 | Commentary
Prosper has released our latest report, Stamp Duty to Land Tax: Designing the Transition by economist Dr. Tim Helm. The report challenges the prevailing orthodoxy that the highly sought-after stamp duty to land tax reform is too “politically difficult” to achieve. ...
by Lu Allan | Jul 31, 2019 | Commentary
Stamp Duty to Land Tax: Designing the Transition by economist Dr. Tim Helm, released by Prosper Australia challenges the prevailing orthodoxy that the highly sought-after stamp duty to land tax reform is too “politically difficult” to achieve. Read the full...
by Lu Allan | Jul 16, 2019 | Commentary, Events
Join Tim Helm and Prosper Australia as we release our latest report “Designing the stamp duty to land tax transition”. Many economists agree that a transition from stamp duty tax to land tax is a good move, yet the conventional wisdom says that it is...
by Luke Wong | Jul 9, 2019
Stamp Duty to Land Tax Designing the Transition Read the Paper Stamp duty hurts young, working families the most and unfairly targets those who need to move. Abolishing stamp duty and expanding land tax will mean families won’t be unfairly burdened when they need to...
by David Collyer | Mar 23, 2017 | Commentary
Peter Martin, Australia’s clearest economic writer, has turned his icy gaze to Stamp Duty. This vile tax causes real harm to all of us and begs to be struck from the statute books. Yes, it is a state tax. Yes, the feds can push reform along and add $85.5 billion to...