Back from the dead: Australian Inheritance Tax

Australian Institute for Business and Economics Director Professor John Mangan said housing affordability was a national concern and a potential barrier to equality of opportunity.

“Inheritance taxes present an opportunity to capture a portion of this tax and apply it directly to address housing affordability, reducing less equitable or efficient forms of tax, and or funding expenditure – such as education – aimed at improving equality of opportunity,” Professor Mangan said.

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