Journals and Journal Articles
We recommend using the following legal, business and tax databases to find scholarly journal articles on Australian tax law, irrespective of the journals in which they are published. These databases include articles from hundreds of journals, and are an efficient and comprehensive way to find articles on your topic.
Australian Journal Article Databases
- AGIS Plus Text (Informit)AGIS Plus Text covers all aspects of law and is produced by the AGIS Section of the Lionel Murphy Library, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department in Canberra. It covers the period 1999 to present for FullText and from 1975 to present for Index
- ACCOUNTACCOUNT, formerly called Australian Accounting & Taxation Database (AATD), is prepared by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia’s Knowledge Centre. Subjects covered are: accounting, auditing, taxation, insolvency, corporate law, superannuation, retirement planning, financial planning, practice management and human resources and is produced by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. It covers the period from 1982 to present.
- Business CollectionAn essential reference for business studies and research, the Informit Business Collection covers a range of subjects within a business context including management, e-business, economics, commercial law, marketing and human resources. This full text Collection contains journals, books, conference proceedings and reports. It covers the period from 1993 to present for both Full text and Index.
- Australasian Legal Scholarship LibraryFor Australian content (public access)
Multijurisdictional Journal Article Databases
The following databases provide access to articles in hundreds of tax and tax-related journals. They include many articles on Australian tax law.
- ProQuestThe Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection (on the Proquest Complete platform) contains articles from scholarly and professional journals. Coverage:1971 to current. (UniMelb staff & student access)
- Business Source Complete (EBSCO)(on the EBSCO platform) includes indexing and abstracts for over 1300 scholarly business journals. Coverage: 1886 to current. (UniMelb staff & student access)
- IBFD - Tax Research Platformprovides an extensive index to tax journal literature. Some articles are available in full text. The IBFD Library has the largest collection of international tax publications in the world. (UniMelb staff & student access)
- Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full(on the EBSCO platform) (UniMelb staff & student access)
note that ILP can be searched simultaneously with Business Source Complete - Westlaw UKLegal Journals Index (UniMelb staff & student access)
- Gale OneFile: LegalTrac(UniMelb staff & student access)
- SSRN eLibraryincludes the Accounting Research Network and the Legal Scholarship Network - global coverage. This is the best database for finding very recent pre-publication articles and book chapters (open access).
Individual Australian Tax Journals
- Australian GST Journal(UniMelb staff & student access) vol 1 (1998) to current. Note: 1998-2000 issues entitled GST Today.
- Australian Tax Forum : a journal of taxation policy, law and reform(UniMelb staff & student access) vol 1(1984) to current
- Journal of Australian Taxation(Open access) vols 1(1998) - vol 15(2013)
(UniMelb staff & student access) vols 1(1998) to current - Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association(Open access) vol 1(2005) to current
- Taxation in AustraliaIn print on Level 4 of the Law Library - vol 1(1963) to vol 10 (1976)
E-journal (UniMelb staff & student access) vol 12 (1978) to current
Reports
Reports and other publications by the following government and professional organisations can be useful for your research.
- Board of Taxation - Publications (open access)The Board of Taxation is an advisory body that assists the Commonwealth government in the development and implementation of taxation laws.
- Tax Institute ResourcesMost of these publications require payment, unless you are a member or subscriber. The Tax Institute is a professional association.
- Australian Tax Research Foundation PublicationsMost of these publications require payment, unless you are a member or subscriber. The Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organisation which researches tax reform at the Federal, State and Local Government level.
Law Firm Publications
Open access publications by Australian law firms specialising in tax law can be useful - they are usually concise, up to date and practical. Such firms include:
- Allens Linklaterstax publications
- Ashurst Legal Updatestax publications
- Fee Fie Foe Firm Australiais your window to the world of law firms. Fee Fie Foe Firm is a search engine that focuses on the websites of Australian law firms. Search for legal experts bulletin articles.
- LexologySearch law firm publications worldwide. Free registration is required for some content.
Australian Tax News
The news resources below provide information on the latest cases, legislation and ATO rulings.
For assistance setting up alerts for these resources, contact one of our reference librarians at law-librarians@unimelb.edu.au
- Checkpoint(UniMelb staff & student access) Checkpoint publishes regular (usually weekly) news updates on various tax topics.
(UniMelb staff & student access) Alerts can be set up so that you are notified by RSS feed when a new update is released. - CCH Online - Australia* This link opens in a new windowAustralian Tax Week (CCH) (UniMelb staff & student access)
In CCH (UniMelb staff & student access) you cannot set up alerts for individual publications such as Australian Tax Week. Only topic alerts can be set up to be delivered by email. Topics are:
~ Australian FBT
~ Australian GST
~ Australian Superannuation
~ Australian Duties & State Taxes
~ Australian Income Tax
~ Australian International Tax
~ Australian Tax Alert
- Bloomberg Tax(UniMelb staff & student access - individual registration required) Includes Daily Tax Reports featuring breaking news and developments. Australian content can be found under the 'International' tab.
- Australian Taxation Office - RSS FeedsThe Australian Taxation Office (open access) offers news RSS feeds on a variety of topics.