By Sofia Berg | News, Policy
The Finnish Government has recently announced a budget framework for 2025-2028, which includes spending cuts and tax reforms. The reasons behind these measures are to prevent
Kathmandu | 7-9 May 2024 | Events
Building on the Regional Workshop on Tax Expenditures in Asia that took place in Manila last year, the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI) together with the Council
By Rita de la Feria and Artur Swistak | Policy, Research
This Working Paper was first published by the IMF In this paper, Rita de la Feria and Artur Swistak present a novel approach to addressing VAT
By Omar Faruq Khan, Khademul Chowdhury, Abdul Bari, Mohidul Islam Chowdhury & Mahmudur Rahman | News, Research
This paper was published in the Journal of Tax Administration (JOTA, Vol 8:12023) The government of Bangladesh is looking for ways to increase its tax base,
By Ferdinand Chikambwe | News, Policy
This blog is part of the CEP blog series on Tax Expenditure Policy Making and the Role of Parliaments. Tax Expenditures (TEs) are used widely in
UNU-WIDER Research Brief | Policy, Research
“While multinational corporations (MNCs) make up only 1.9% of firms operating in Uganda, they are overrepresented among tax holiday beneficiaries. New estimates reveal that Uganda’s revenue
By The Daily Star | 5 March 2024 | News, Policy, Uncategorized
This article was first published in The Daily Star A tax policy mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday began to work with the National
By Hilary Osborne | News
This article by Hilary Osborne was first published in The Guardian (“Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd”). Is a mini poppadom a crisp? Is a Jaffa
Webinar, 21 February (YouTube link) | Events, Tax Expenditures
Car drivers in many countries benefit from substantial fiscal incentives when purchasing electric vehicles. Fiscal support is provided to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles and
By Robert Maina | News, Policy
This column* was first published in the Business Daily Africa. Tax revenue is the main source of finance for most governments across the world. It is
By Angélica Serrano-Román | News, Research
This blog was first published by Bloomberg Tax With hundreds of beaches and year-round summer weather, Puerto Rico seemed the perfect setting for a tropical-themed Corona
By Sára Czégé, Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Adam Novak and Felix Reitz | News, Research
Concerns about corporate tax avoidance have become salient. Crux of Capitalism data reveals a clear positive relationship between a company’s economic profitability and its net tax