A new tax world

John Garnaut writes a great piece on redesigning the Australian tax system to be simpler, cheaper, and fairer.

Have a butchers at this: a new tax world

WHEN Peter Costello returned from holidays and resolved to earn the right to be prime minister, he stuck a great sheet of butcher’s paper on his office wall and called in his best advisers to draw up a decent tax system.

Pity it’s all just a fantasy. Damn you John for getting my hopes up!