How Much Revenue Does Kosovo Forgo Through Tax Expenditures? We don’t know!
Flurim Aliu | 21 April 2022
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Tax Expenditures,
Transparency The traditional way of thinking about how states finance projects is as follows: first, governments collect revenue (through taxes, borrowing, payments, and fines) and then this revenue is spent through the budget process.
However, governments may choose to support various economic sectors, activities, or groups of
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Is It Time to Rationalize Tax Expenditures?
Luisa Dressler,
Sanjeev Gupta,
Agustin Redonda and
Paolo de Renzio | 19 April 2022
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform As developing countries recover from the pandemic, they will need to bring their public finances to a more sustainable position, by streamlining public spending and strengthening the revenue base. The need to mobilize additional resources has been exacerbated by the recent economic turmoil triggered by
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G7 Countries Must Urgently Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Agustin Redonda,
Christian von Haldenwang and
Ronald Steenblik | 8 April 2022
Fiscal,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Climate Change,
Fossil Fuel Subsidies The world’s governments have pledged to fight climate change, yet many still subsidize fossil fuels, the combustion of which increases GHG emissions. Phasing out these subsidies is thus vital to combating climate change. What this Policy Brief proposes is that G7 Governments reaffirm their commitment
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