John Taylor
School of Management and Governance - LLM, (Hons) Sydney | LLB, Sydney | BA, Sydney | Cert H Ed, UNSW | Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
John Taylor spent seven years in private legal practice before becoming an academic in 1985. Since then he has periodically acted as an academic consultant for tax divisions of major accounting firms and for an investment bank. His research and professional activities are focussed on the taxation of business entities, international taxation and on capital gains taxation.
From This Author
What tax reforms are required to reduce our largest-ever deficit?
There are a number of tax policy reforms that could be deployed to promote business investment, generate economic growth and create jobs in the wake of COVID-19, according to UNSW Business School's Jennie Granger
Sorry Treasurer, but your corporate tax sums are not adding up
New research refutes the benefits of a proposed cut in the top rate
Who will benefit if the corporate tax rate falls to 25%?
A recent report by the Australia Institute argued that the principal beneficiary of a reduction in the Australian corporate rate to 25% would be the US Treasury.
Vexed ethics of investing in tax haven hedge funds
If the aim of Labor's attack on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy for using hedge funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands tax haven was to damage his credibility with the public, it appears to have missed the political mark.
What if you could change the whole taxation system?
Listen to our tax experts thinking outside the square
Capital gains tax is broken - here's a radical fix
In an ideal accounting world with a comprehensive income tax, all increases in a taxpayer's stock of wealth in a given accounting period would be taxed at the end of that period.