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Federalism and Tax Reform
Author(s) -
Freebairn John
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8462
pISSN - 0004-9018
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8462.12272
Subject(s) - federalism , tax reform , public economics , fiscal federalism , tax credit , cooperative federalism , economics , business , state (computer science) , economic policy , political science , market economy , politics , law , decentralization , algorithm , computer science
The form and potential contributions of cooperative federalism and the additional skills and tasks required of the public service to turn well‐known and developed tax reforms into actual reforms are evaluated. Cooperative federalism seems necessary for reforms involving state taxes and changes in the mix of taxes. Additional public sector skills and involvement in developing details of tax reform packages and their implementation, and then monitoring the outcomes, are important to raise community understanding of, and confidence in, taxation reform.