1. Tax Reform and the Economic Backdrop Minerals Council of Australia Conference Mr Rob Heferen Deputy Secretary, Treasury 26 March 2015 Date Presenter

2. Contributions to income growth Source: ABS 2014, Australian System of National Accounts cat. no. 5204.0 and Treasury

3. International comparison of corporate tax rates Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2014, Tax Database — Taxation of Corporate and Capital Income, OECD, Paris, viewed 5 December 2014: www.oecd.org/ctp/tax-policy/Table%20II.1-May-2014.xlsx; KPMG 2014, Corporate tax rates table, viewed 5 December 2014: General business tax issues 75 www.kpmg.com/global/en/services/tax/tax-tools-and-resources/pages/corporate-tax-rates-table.aspx; and KPMG 2007, Hong Kong Tax Competiveness Series: Corporate Tax Rates, viewed 5 December 2014: www.kpmg.com/CN/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/corp-tax-rate-0707.pdf; KPMG 2006, KPMG’s Corporate Tax Rate Survey, An international analysis of corporate tax rates from 1993 to 2006, viewed on 21 January 2015: www.lib.uwo.ca/files/business/KPMGCorporateTaxRateSurvey.pdf.

4. Australia’s reliance on corporate tax Source: OECD 2014, Revenue Statistics 2014, OECD, Paris.

5. The impact of company tax on investment