Digital Taxes and Trade in Services
10 June, 2021 14.00-17.00 CET | Online
Trade,
Workshops | Tags:
Digital Tax,
Services Trade
International income tax rules rest on the principles that taxes are paid in the jurisdiction where the company has physical presence, taxes are based on profits, and there are profit allocation rules. These tax rules need to be updated as economic activities go digital –
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Global Tax Expenditures Database – Official Launch
16 June 2021, 15.00-17.30 CET | Online
Conferences,
Fiscal | Tags:
Inequality,
Sustainability,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform
The Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) have launched the «Global Tax Expenditures Database» (GTED): www.GTED.net with an online conference on 16 June 2021. The key findings of the GTED Flagship report presented at
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Tax Incentives for Investment. Old and New Challenges for International Trade
24 June, 2021 14.00-17.00 CET | Online
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Digitalization,
Investment,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Incentives
Despite their stated goals including attracting FDI, creating employment and boosting R&D and innovation, tax incentives for investment are often ineffective. Indeed, several provisions are redundant and hence end-up triggering costly windfall gains. They can also trigger negative spillover effects on third countries, e.g. when
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Tax Expenditures and Domestic Revenue Mobilisation
9-11 November 2021 | Online
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Informality,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform
Tax expenditures (TEs) are tax benefits that governments use worldwide to pursue various policy goals such as attracting investment, boosting innovation and fighting poverty. TEs are costly, as they lower government revenue and the tax liability of the beneficiary. The global average of tax revenues
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Central Banks and Policy Coherence
23 November 2021 | Online
Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Regulation,
Governing Finance
Modern central banks play an outsized role in our economic development through their central role in both monetary policy and financial regulation.
Many are now arguing that central banks should discharge their role in line with public policy on issues such as climate change, greening the
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Trade in Environmental Services – Lowering the Barriers, Seizing the Benefits
8 December 2021 10:00-11:30 CET | Online
Roundtables,
Trade | Tags:
Environmental Services,
Green Growth,
Services Trade
Major disruptions have often triggered technological revolutions and transitions to a new way of organizing production and consumption. The recovery from the Covid-19 crisis is such an opportunity for change. Technologies for a green recovery have matured over the past decade, and popular demand for
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Liberalizing Services Trade. Insights from the OECD STRI
17 February 2022 16:00-17:00 CET | Online
Panel,
Trade | Tags:
Services Trade,
Trade Liberalization
Global services trade regulations showed signs of liberalization in 2021, hitting a pause button on the steady rise in trade barriers witnessed in previous years. According to the recently released 2021 Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI), services liberalization outpaced new restrictions during 2021. This however
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First ATI Regional Workshop on Tax Expenditures (West Africa)
27-28 July 2022 | Lagos, Nigeria
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Tax Expenditures
First in the series focused on West Africa, with around 70 participants from 18 countries attending, the First ATI Regional Workshop on Tax Expenditures held in Nigeria (Lagos, 27-28 July, 2022) provided insightful discussions and takeaways...
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Fiscal Incentives for Electric Vehicles: Navigating the Shift towards Electric Mobility
21 February 2024 | 17h00 (CET) Online
Fiscal,
Panel | Tags:
Energy,
Tax Expenditures,
Transport
In many countries drivers benefit from substantial fiscal incentives when purchasing electric vehicles.The webinar explored the opportunities and pitfalls of fiscal incentives for the shift toward electric mobility.
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Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy. Insights from France
1 March 2024 | Paris, France | By Invitation
Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Decarbonization,
Energy,
Fossil Fuel Subsidies
CEP hosted the first roundtable of a series in Paris on 1 March, to explore the opportunities and pitfalls of fiscal and regulatory frameworks for a sustainable energy future.
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