Archive: November 2023

ATI Follow-up Technical Meeting on Tax Expenditures (East Africa)

6-8 December 2023 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | By Invitation
Fiscal, Workshops | Tags: Tax Expenditures
The Follow-up Technical Meeting on Tax Expenditures held in Tanzania provided a platform to discuss the tools and methods required for tackling the more technical aspects of tax expenditure estimation, reporting, and evaluation in the region. ... continue reading

The Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index Companion Paper

, , and | 3 November 2023
Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Tax Expenditures
The GTETI Companion Paper describes the 5 dimensions and 25 indicators that make up the recently launched index, together with the scope and methodology used. ... continue reading

Tax Expenditures in An Era of Transformative Change: The GTED Flagship Report 2023

, and | 2 November 2023
Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, Tax Expenditures
Governments continue to forgo trillions of dollars in tax revenues with a level of opacity that is striking. More than half of the countries worldwide still do not report at all on the costs of tax deductions, exemptions and other benefits... ... continue reading

CEP and IDOS Release New Data-Driven Insights on Tax Expenditures

, , and | 2 November 2023
Fiscal, News | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Tax Expenditures
Governments continue to forgo trillions of dollars in tax revenues with a level of opacity that is striking. More than half of the countries worldwide still do not report at all on the costs of tax deductions, exemptions, and other benefits. ... continue reading

Taming the Use of Tax Expenditures. Evidence From The Netherlands

| 1 November 2023
Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Parliaments, Tax Expenditures, The Netherlands
This summer, the Dutch finance ministry published a report on the effectiveness of the country's tax expenditures[1]. The verdict on the myriad of deductions, exemptions and further benefits channelled through the tax system was harsh. ... continue reading