2 New Countries Added to the GTED: Nigeria and Uganda
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Two additional countries have been added to the GTED: Nigeria and Uganda bringing the total number of countries with data to 99. The Nigeria country report
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CFFP Virtual Conference: “Des dépenses budgétaires aux dépenses fiscales : cerner l’ensemble de la protection sociale au Québec”
1 October 2021 | Events, News
CFFP of Université de Sherbrooke held a lunch-conference on 1 October entitled “From Budgetary to Fiscal Expenditures: Identifying the Social Protection System in Quebec”. The conference
News Articles: Tax Expenditures in the Netherlands
By Laurens Berentsen | 14 and 19 September 2021 | GTED in the News, News, Tax Expenditures
Laurens Berentsen wrote two articles in the dutch FD Nieuws on the high levels of tax expenditures in the Netherlands using data from the GTED. In
Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation Blog: Business Rates and the High Street
By Ben Lockwood, Martin Simmler, Eddy Tam | 2 August 2021 | News, Tax Expenditures
The authors look at tax reliefs introduced in the UK to support retail businesses that have been hit both by online shopping and by COVID-19. They
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC): 1.8 million couples benefitting from extra tax relief
News, Tax Expenditures
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced that nearly 1.8 million couples in the UK use the Marriage Allowance to save up to £252 a year
CIAT Blog: General Analysis of Changes to Tax Benefits for Investments in Non-conventional Sources of Renewable Energy in Colombia Following the Energy Transition Law
By Omar Cabrera | 18 August 2021 | GTED in the News, News
Omar Cabrera discusses the changes introduced by the Enery Transition Law with respect to the tax benefits for investments in the general regulatory framework for Non-Conventional
Frankfurter Rundschau Article: Steuern – Rabatte auf den Prüfstand
By Christian von Haldenwang | 8 July 2021 | News
GTED’s Christian von Haldenwang writes about the significant amount of revenue that states forgo through tax expenditures which on average lie around 4% of gross domestic
Atlantico Interview: Quelle efficacité des aides et exonérations fiscales ? Voilà pourquoi personne ne sait vraiment répondre
GTED in the News, News
Tax expenditures in France amount to Euro 99 billion. Despite their magnitude they are under much less scrutiny compared to direct government spending. Atlantico interviews Agustin
Tax Foundation Article: U.S. Corporate Tax Expenditures and Effective Tax Rates in Line with OECD Peers
By Garrett Watson | 29 June 2021 | GTED in the News, News
In response to an analysis by Reuters suggesting that U.S. firms pay less income tax than foreign competitors, Garrett Watson writes about tax expenditures in the
Tax Incentives for Investment. Old and New Challenges for International Trade
24 June 2021 | Events, News
This event is part of the workshop series “Globalization and Digitalization – Interconnections between taxation, trade and investment” organized by Council on Economic Policies, the GLOBTAXGOV
VoxEU Article: Tax Expenditures: The Hidden Side of Government Spending
By Agustin Redonda, Christian von Haldenwang | 16 June 2021 | News
Tax expenditures – such as tax incentives for firms, tax deductions for households, and lower tax rates for specific goods and services – are are both
News Coverage: Every Year 24 Billion Swiss Francs Disappear – Jedes Jahr verschwinden 24 Milliarden Franken
By Andrea Cattani, Nicola Imfeld | 16 June 2021 | GTED in the News
The authors write about the opacity of tax expenditures in Switzerland where revenue forgone due to tax expenditures amounted to CHF 24 billion in 2020. This