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Tax Foundation Article: U.S. Corporate Tax Expenditures and Effective Tax Rates in Line with OECD Peers

By Garrett Watson | 29 June 2021 | GTED in the News, News
In response to an analysis by Reuters suggesting that U.S. firms pay less income tax than foreign competitors, Garrett Watson writes about tax expenditures in the

Tax Incentives for Investment. Old and New Challenges for International Trade

24 June 2021 | Events, News
This event is part of the workshop series “Globalization and Digitalization – Interconnections between taxation, trade and investment” organized by Council on Economic Policies, the GLOBTAXGOV

VoxEU Article: Tax Expenditures: The Hidden Side of Government Spending

By Agustin Redonda, Christian von Haldenwang | 16 June 2021 | News
Tax expenditures – such as tax incentives for firms, tax deductions for households, and lower tax rates for specific goods and services – are are both

News Coverage: Every Year 24 Billion Swiss Francs Disappear – Jedes Jahr verschwinden 24 Milliarden Franken

By Andrea Cattani, Nicola Imfeld | 16 June 2021 | GTED in the News
The authors write about the opacity of tax expenditures in Switzerland where revenue forgone due to tax expenditures amounted to CHF 24 billion in 2020. This

Press Release: New Global Tax Expenditures Database by CEP and DIE: Shedding Light on Hidden Government Spending

16 June 2021 | Press Releases
The Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) today launch the Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED). The

Global Tax Expenditures Database – Official Launch

16 June 2021 | Events
The Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) launched the «Global Tax Expenditures Database» (GTED): www.GTED.net with

GLOBTAXGOV Blog: Are G7 Countries Doing Developing Countries a Favour When Levying Global Minimum Taxes?

By Frederik Heitmüller | 10 June 2021 | News
Last Saturday, the G7 announced political support for the adoption of global minimum taxes levied on multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) headquarters. This announcement has not been received

Inter-American Development Bank Blog: “How Can Tax Policy Promote Investment in the Post-Pandemic Period?”

By: Luis Alejos, Emilio Pineda, and Oscar Valencia | 1 June 2021 | News
Promoting private investment -both foreign and domestic – must be the cornerstone of any pro-growth fiscal policy in the post-pandemic period. Governments in Latin America and

ONE Blog: “Is there a place for tax incentives in post-COVID Africa?”

By: Jenny Rickard, Joe Kraus, Lauren Bredar | 26 May 2021 | News
Given the dire consequences of COVID-19 on African countries’ economies, and the struggle by governments to provide support to people to survive the pandemic, it is

World Bank Conference: “Taxing Times: The Role of Investment Incentives in Economic Recovery and Growth”

Events, News
Held on 27 May 2021 The webinar explored the role and implications of incentives in supporting economic recovery, domestic revenue mobilization, and private sector growth. By