Flagship Report 2025 on Tax Expenditure Effectiveness: Launch Event and New GTETI Release
4 December 2025 | 14.00-16.30 CET | Online Conference,
Fiscal | Tags:
GTED,
GTETI,
Tax Expenditures The Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) co-hosted the launch of the Tax Expenditures Flagship Report 2025 and the new edition of the Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index
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Tax Expenditures: Time to Clean House
François Ecalle,
Patrick Lenain and
Agustin Redonda | 27 October 2025
Fiscal,
Op-Eds | Tags:
France,
GTED,
Tax Expenditures The state of France’s public finances is worrying. The public deficit has rarely been so high outside periods of crisis, and public debt has reached record levels. Stabilising it will require a substantial adjustment—on the order of €120 billion to €150 billion.
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Sixth Virtual Meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures
30 September 2025 | 13.00-14.30 CET | Online Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Rwanda,
Tax Expenditures,
The Netherlands The sixth virtual meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures (TEs) showcased benchmarking experiences from the Ministries of Finance of Rwanda and the Netherlands.
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Tax Expenditures Country Report: Colombia
Liliana Heredia-Rodríguez,
Mauricio Salazar-Sáenz and
Gabriel Millán-Arias | 25 September 2025
Fiscal,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
Colombia,
GTED,
GTETI,
Tax Expenditures The Colombian tax system is complex, due in part to the numerous special exemptions, exclusions and deductions inherent in the regulatory framework. This complicates matters in terms of tax compliance, oversight and auditing.
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Tax Expenditures Country Report: United Kingdom
Adrian Sinfield | 17 September 2025
Fiscal,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
GTED,
GTETI,
Tax Expenditures,
United Kingdom Tax expenditures in the United Kingdom result in a considerable release of fiscal resources by central government, little known and off-budget. The official estimated cost comes to 7.6 per cent of GDP in 2023-24, equivalent to a quarter of total tax revenue collected
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How to Move Forward with Green Hydrogen
Patrick Lenain and
Magd Shamashan | 28 August 2025
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Energy,
Renewables,
Tax Expenditures,
Vietnam Green hydrogen is hoped to be a key solution for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors, notably steel, petrochemicals, and long-haul transport, all large consumers of fossil fuels in Vietnam.
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Tax Expenditures: Challenges and Opportunities in the UK and Beyond
24 September 2025 | London and Online | 9-13h UTC+1 Conference,
Fiscal | Tags:
Tax Expenditures,
United Kingdom Tax Expenditures in the UK result in a considerable release of fiscal resources by central government, little known and off-budget. The official estimated cost adds up to 7.6 per cent of GDP in 2023-24, equivalent to a quarter of total tax revenue collected.
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Bringing Tax Expenditures Into the Debate on Financing for Development
Christian von Haldenwang | 23 July 2025
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Development,
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Tax Expenditures Tax expenditures have traditionally been considered an issue governments are supposed to deal with by themselves. This, however, is changing. The recent Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) FfD4 explicitly refers to tax expenditures in its Outcome Document.
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Tax Expenditures Country Report: Morocco
Fouzi Mourji | 27 June 2025
Fiscal,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
GTED,
GTETI,
Morocco,
Tax Expenditures This country report identifies the main limitations and makes recommendations for improving the transparency and effectiveness of tax expenditure policies.
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Minimum Standards for Tax Expenditure Reporting: FfD4 Side Event in Seville
3 July 2025 |10.30-12.00 CET | Seville | Open to registered participants Conferences,
Fiscal | Tags:
Development,
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Tax Expenditures Governments worldwide use preferential tax treatments – called tax expenditures – to pursue different policy objectives. These measures cause huge immediate public revenue losses while their effectiveness is often in doubt.
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