The Global Tax Expenditures Database Keeps Growing: Discover the New Features
Council on Economic Policies | 6 May 2025
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The Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) released the latest version of the Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED) with expanded coverage and enhanced functionality. The update incorporates two additional countries, Egypt and Zambia, bringing the total to
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The Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index (GTETI 1.1): New Features and Improved Methodology
Council on Economic Policies | 3 December 2024
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Since its launch in October 2023, the index has gained attention from governments and organizations worldwide, as a useful tool for fiscal transparency. More recently, several updates and adjustments to the GTETI 1.0 structure and methodology have been introduced to fine-tune the assessment.
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ATI, CEP and IDOS Initiate Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures
Council on Economic Policies | 26 September 2024
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The Community of Practice (CoP) on Tax Expenditures aspires to leverage the collective expertise of its members to enhance TE governance across ministries of finance, revenue administrations, parliaments, and beyond. This joint initiative will provide all attendees from ATI partner countries as well as other
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CEP and IDOS Release New Data-Driven Insights on Tax Expenditures
Christian von Haldenwang,
Agustin Redonda,
Flurim Aliu and
Lucas Millan | 2 November 2023
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Governments continue to forgo trillions of dollars in tax revenues with a level of opacity that is striking. More than half of the countries worldwide still do not report at all on the costs of tax deductions, exemptions, and other benefits.
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