Tax Expenditures in Germany: Country Report Launched at High-Level Event in Berlin
Council on Economic Policies | 12 October 2026
Fiscal,
News | Tags:
Germany,
Tax Expenditures Tax expenditures account for a significant share of government spending in Germany. In 2026, they amount to around 1.7 percent of gross domestic product. This revenue forgone, totaling €76.5 billion, results from 107 tax expenditures with economic objectives and 52 further provisions reported in
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Tax Expenditures Country Report: Germany
Michael Thöne and
Christian von Haldenwang | 8 October 2026
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Discussion Notes | Tags:
Germany,
GTED,
GTETI,
Tax Expenditures Tax expenditures (TEs) in Germany represent a significant portion of government spending, amounting to 1.7 percent of GDP in 2026. Over the last decade, revenue forgone reported by the German federal government has remained consistently below 2.0 percent of GDP ...
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Tax Expenditures in Germany
8 October 2026 | 10.00-12.30 CEST | Berlin, Germany Fiscal,
Panel | Tags:
Germany,
Tax Expenditures FiFo Cologne, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and the Council on Economic Policies (CEP) co-hosted the release of the Tax Expenditures Country Report on Germany ...
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Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy. Insights from Germany
6 November 2025 | Berlin, Germany | By Invitation Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Energy,
Germany,
Industrial Policy,
Renewables The Council on Economic Policies is organizing a series of country-specific roundtables to examine the opportunities and challenges for an affordable, secure, and clean energy future
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Increasing Transparency on Tax Expenditures in Germany
Flurim Aliu,
Robert Grundke and
Christian von Haldenwang | 8 August 2023
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Germany,
Tax Expenditures As in many other countries, the use of public resources to grant beneficial tax treatments (or tax expenditures) is less well reported and scrutinized in Germany than direct spending.
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