Pension Tax Expenditures. A Costly Christmas Gift … Not From Santa
Agustin Redonda | 4 January 2017
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Fiscal,
Inequality,
Pensions,
Tax Expenditures For people living in Switzerland, December 31 was the last day for 2016 contributions into their Pillar 3a retirement accounts – and hence for taking advantage of the exemption from income tax that these payments benefit from. The scheme is one of many examples from
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Tax Expenditures and Sustainability. An Overview
Agustin Redonda | 11 November 2016
Fiscal,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
Employment,
Energy,
Fossil Fuel Subsidies,
Health,
Housing,
Inequality,
Innovation,
Patent Boxes,
Pensions,
Tax Expenditures,
VAT Fiscal policy has significant effects on a broad sustainability agenda covering long-term economic, social and environmental goals. However, whereas a myriad of actors scrutinize taxation as well as direct government spending with regard to their impact on sustainability, a key feature of fiscal policy has
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Global Finance, Debt and Sustainability
3 October 2016, Zurich, Switzerland Lectures,
Monetary | Tags:
Climate Change,
Debt,
Financial Regulation,
Housing,
Inequality CEP Lecture by Adair Turner co-hosted with the IMF. Lord Turner has been a Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking since 2013, and in 2015 became Chairman of the Institute’s Governing Body.
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Governments Should Use Tax Systems to Drive Inclusive Growth Agenda
David Bradbury and
Bert Brys | 22 July 2016
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Inequality,
Tax Expenditures,
Taxes Tax policy design should play a key role in not only supporting growth but also in addressing distributional concerns. Taxes affect inequality through different channels. The most direct way in which taxes redistribute income is by narrowing the distribution of (post-tax) disposable income. Taxes can
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