Reforming Tax Expenditures – Focus on Europe
11, 18 and 25 February, 2021 | Online Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Consumption Tax,
Corporate Tax,
Personal Income Tax,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform,
Wealth Tax A significant amount of government funding worldwide is channeled through tax breaks, aka “tax expenditures” (TEs), in the form of exemptions, deductions, credits, deferrals, and reduced tax rates.
Despite their magnitude and the fact that their net impact on government budgets is the same as direct
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COVID-19 and Inequality: The Urgent Need for Tax Expenditure Reform
Rita de la Feria and
Agustin Redonda | 24 November 2020
Fiscal,
Blog | 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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Trade Implications of Tax Expenditures
Agustin Redonda,
Irma Mosquera Valderrama,
Gilles Carbonnier,
Robert Koopman,
Rahul Mehrotra and
Facundo Calvo | 15 September 2020
Fiscal,
Trade,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Carbon Tax,
Digitalization,
Tax Competition,
Tax Expenditures International trade and taxation are inextricably linked and have been high-priority issues within the Group of Twenty (G20) agenda. However, the interconnections between international trade and tax expenditures—that is, benefits granted through preferential tax treatment—have been overlooked. This brief calls for a better design of
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Worthy Goals, Flawed Policies – Why Increasing Tax Deductions for Parents Can be Wrong
Agustin Redonda | 4 September 2020
Fiscal,
Blog | 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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COVID-19 and Seizing the Opportunity for Reforming Tax Expenditures in Africa
Agustin Redonda and
Sanjeev Gupta | 27 July 2020
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Covid-19,
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Tax Expenditures The resources needed for financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are estimated at USD 2.5 – 3 trillion per year. According to the IMF, low-income countries (LIC) will need, on average, additional resources amounting to 15.4% of GDP to finance the SDGs in education, health,
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Supporting Households with Tax Expenditures in Times of COVID-19
Agustin Redonda | 3 July 2020
Blog,
Publications | Tags:
Covid-19,
Informality,
Sustainable Development,
Tax Expenditures The economic shock triggered by the current pandemic is unprecedented. The number of victims of COVID-19 has already hit half a million and continues to rise. At the same time, the impact on economic output is massive. According to recent OECD estimates, global economic activity
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Tax Expenditures and Inequality
Agustin Redonda | 16 June 2020
Fiscal,
Discussion Notes | 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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Incentivos Fiscales en Iberoamérica en Tiempos de COVID-19
1 July 2020 Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Covid-19,
Developing Countries,
Tax Expenditures In times of COVID-19, countries across the world are introducing a myriad of response and stimulus packages to mitigate the economic downturn triggered by the pandemic. The second in a series of two virtual seminars co-organized by CEP and the GLOBTAXGOV Project (Leiden University) explores
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Tax Incentives in Developing Economies in Times of COVID-19
24 June 2020 Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Covid-19,
Developing Countries,
Tax Expenditures In times of COVID-19, countries across the world are introducing a myriad of response and stimulus packages to mitigate the economic downturn triggered by the pandemic. The first in a series of two virtual seminars co-organized by CEP and the GLOBTAXGOV Project (Leiden University) explores the
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