Tag: Tax Expenditures

How Can Ministries of Finance Support the Low-Carbon Transition Through Coherent ‘Policy Packages’?

| 13 April 2026
Fiscal, Monetary, Blog | Tags: Carbon Pricing, Energy, Industrial Policy, Policy Coherence, Tax Expenditures
The transition towards greener and more resilient economies is one of the defining economic opportunities of our time. From growth and innovation to enhanced competitiveness and long-term savings, the potential gains are substantial. ... continue reading

How Ministries of Finance can Support Coherent Climate Policy Packages | Panel Discussion & Launch

10 March 2026 | 15.00 CET | Online
Fiscal, Panel | Tags: Carbon Pricing, Decarbonization, Energy, Industrial Policy, Innovation, Policy Coherence, Tax Expenditures
This webinar, hosted by the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, presented key findings from a new report on how finance ministries can design and support coherent climate policy packages. ... continue reading

Governing Tax Expenditures: Lessons from Four Advanced and Emerging Market Economies

, and | 2 March 2026
Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Brazil, Domestic Revenue Mobilization, France, India, Tax Expenditures, United Kingdom
This blog builds on four Tax Expenditures Country Reports published within the series hosted by CEP and IDOS, and shows how Brazil, France, India, and the United Kingdom govern tax expenditures across three critical dimensions: benchmark definition, reporting, and evaluation. ... continue reading

7th Virtual Meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures: Tax Gap Analysis with TE Data

26 February 2026 | 15.00-16.30 CET | Online
Fiscal, Workshops | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, GTED, Tax Expenditures
The latest meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures (CoP), organised in cooperation with the ATI Community of Interest on Tax Gap, focused on tax gap analysis with particular emphasis on the use of TE data. ... continue reading

How Ministries of Finance can Support Coherent Climate Policy Packages

| 26 February 2026
Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: Carbon Pricing, Decarbonization, Energy, Industrial Policy, Innovation, Policy Coherence, Tax Expenditures
The success of the low-carbon transition will depend less on isolated climate measures than on the ability of governments to design and sustain coherent policy packages that align fiscal, energy, and industrial objectives. ... continue reading

Scale and Oversight of Tax Expenditures in Ireland

and | 10 February 2026
Fiscal, Testimonies | Tags: Ireland, Parliaments, Tax Expenditures
Tax expenditures are introduced to promote investment, employment, welfare policy objectives, or environmental goals, among others. Yet systematic evaluations remain rare ... ... continue reading

Tax Expenditures Country Report: Zambia

| 18 December 2025
Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Tax Expenditures, Zambia
Over the years, Zambia has adopted a range of tax incentives through rate adjustments, exemptions, and deferrals—to encourage investment, promote industrial growth, and stimulate trade. These policy tools reflect the government’s broader commitment ... ... continue reading

Tax Expenditures Country Report: Mexico

, , and | 10 December 2025
Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Mexico, Tax Expenditures
In Mexico, tax expenditures refer to all fiscal measures that reduce public revenue by granting preferential tax treatment relative to the benchmark system. These include deductions, exemptions, tax credits, differentiated rates and tax incentives ... ... continue reading

Tax Expenditure Effectiveness: Tax Expenditures Lab Flagship Report 2025

, , and | 4 December 2025
Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Tax Expenditures
The present report discusses the determinants and explores the empirical evidence of TE effectiveness. More and more jurisdictions publish TE reports, as shown by the Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED). In its most recent version (1.3.2), the GTED includes 116 reporting jurisdictions... ... continue reading

Tax Expenditures in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Expensive Practice?

, , and | 27 November 2025
Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tax Expenditures
Tax expenditures are less well understood in Sub-Saharan Africa than in other regions, and deserve closer attention given the region’s macro-fiscal challenges.  A new IMF paper sheds some additional light on TEs in SSA, their potential importance to domestic revenue mobilization, and offers a roadmap for reform.  ... continue reading