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The Global Tax Expenditures Database Keeps Growing: Discover the New Features

| 6 May 2025
Fiscal, News | Tags: GTED, Tax Expenditures
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 ... continue reading

The Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index (GTETI 1.1): New Features and Improved Methodology

| 3 December 2024
Fiscal, News | Tags: GTETI, Tax Expenditures, Transparency
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. ... continue reading

ATI, CEP and IDOS Initiate Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures

| 26 September 2024
Fiscal, News | Tags: Tax Expenditures
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 ... continue reading

CEP and IDOS Release New Data-Driven Insights on Tax Expenditures

, , and | 2 November 2023
Fiscal, News | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Tax Expenditures
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. ... continue reading

The Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index (GTETI): Taking Tax Expenditure Scrutiny to the Next Level

| 10 October 2023
Fiscal, News | Tags: Tax Expenditures, Tax Reforms
According to the overall GTETI score, South Korea, Canada and the Netherlands rank top among the 104 assessed countries. ... continue reading