COVID-19 and Inequality: The Urgent Need for Tax Expenditure Reform
Rita de la Feria and
Agustin Redonda | 24 November 2020
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Covid-19,
Inequality,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform The economic impact of COVID-19 is both unprecedented and far-reaching. There is now little doubt that the pandemic will disproportionally hit the worse-off, hence exacerbating inequality. It is also clear that the pandemic is particularly affecting groups and sectors that were already under significant stress
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Tackling Inequality Through Tax Expenditure Reform
Agustin Redonda and
Rita de la Feria | 24 September 2020
Fiscal,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
G20,
Inequality,
Tax Expenditures,
VAT Inequality endangers social cohesion and hampers economic growth, and as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, inequality is set to increase. Hence, the commitment of the Group of Twenty (G20) to address inequality in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is arguably more
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Worthy Goals, Flawed Policies – Why Increasing Tax Deductions for Parents Can be Wrong
Agustin Redonda | 4 September 2020
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Inequality,
Tax Expenditures Tax expenditures (TEs) – also called tax benefits, tax reliefs, or simply tax subsidies – are used widely to pursue different policy objectives, e.g. boosting innovation and R&D, attracting investment and reducing poverty. Governments worldwide forego significant amounts of revenues through the implementation of these
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Tax Expenditures and Inequality
Agustin Redonda | 16 June 2020
Discussion Notes,
Fiscal | Tags:
Inequality,
Sustainable Development,
Tax Expenditures Tax expenditures are used widely by governments across the world to pursue different public policy goals including boosting innovation and R&D, job creation, greening the economy as well as mitigating inequality and tackling poverty. Yet, besides their stated goals (which are often aligned with a
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The Day After Tomorrow. Designing COVID-19 Bailouts for a Sustainable Recovery
Agustin Redonda | 4 May 2020
Blog,
Fiscal,
Monetary | Tags:
Bailouts,
Climate Change,
Covid-19,
Employment,
Inequality Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to mitigate the economic fallout of COVID-19. Their decisions in the weeks and months ahead will shape our lives for years to come. The fiscal packages that are being adopted as well as the funding that central
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