“People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is also an important investment based upon the potential achievements that come from us paying our taxes.” PeopleBelieveImportantTaxesAchievementInvestmentBurdenDistributionEquitableTax System Author:Richard Neal
“The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.” ThinkingWayImportantBigsGovernmentDifficultIssuesInternetTaxesTaxationThink Big Author:Milton Friedman
“There'll be some savings from preventing double dipping by public servants which are currently able to access not one but two fully tax payer funded schemes and of course there will be out paid parental leave levy. So all up not only is this an important economic reform, an important reform to have to grow our economy more strongly, it also will leave the budget better off which will help us fix the mess that Labor has created with the budget.” TwoImportantHelpingAbleCoursesGrowsEconomyEconomicTaxesLaborPaidAccessSavingMessReformBudgetsServantGet BetterSchemesBetter OffSavingsPreventingParentalPublic ServantsEconomic Reforms Author:Tony Abbott
“One of the most important things for a country, particularly when it's seeking to attract long-term capital in big risky projects that are going to have a payback over many years if not decades, is to be seen as being a predictable environment where tax changes will be few. But if they are going to come about they'll come about in a way that you know is predictable, understandable.” IfsKnowsWayYearsLongImportantCountryBigsTermEnvironmentTaxesProjectsImportant ThingsSeekingDecadesLong TermPredictablePayback Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“I hold that two principles are important; first that there should be a steady expansion of public services, not an irregular one related to revenue accruing in any particular year; the second that taxes should be constant over long periods (provided, that is, that they are neither burdensome nor inequitable).” ShouldYearsFirstsLongTwoImportantPrinciplesParticularPeriodsTaxesConstantRelatedSteadyExpansionRevenuePublic Service Author:John James Cowperthwaite