Our obsession with tax deductions is peculiarly Australian ... and pointless

By Peter Martin
Updated August 24 2017 - 7:38am, first published August 23 2017 - 10:59pm
Artist: Matt Davidson
Artist: Matt Davidson

Spare a thought this tax time for the pledge that was going to end the anguish. In 2010, still clutching his freshly printed copy of the Henry Tax Review, treasurer Wayne Swan promised to "remove the hassle of shoeboxes full of receipts".