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CEF Blog: Tax Expenditures in the Balkans: Time to Open the Black Box

By Flurim Aliu | 26 October 2021 | News, Tax Expenditures News
This blog was originally published by Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF) here. The traditional way of thinking about government expenditure goes as follows: first, governments

2 New Countries Added to the GTED: Nigeria and Uganda

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Two additional countries have been added to the GTED: Nigeria and Uganda bringing the total number of countries with data to 99. The Nigeria country report

CFFP Virtual Conference: “Des dépenses budgétaires aux dépenses fiscales : cerner l’ensemble de la protection sociale au Québec”

1 October 2021 | Events, News
CFFP of Université de Sherbrooke held a lunch-conference on 1 October entitled “From Budgetary to Fiscal Expenditures: Identifying the Social Protection System in Quebec”. The conference

News Articles: Tax Expenditures in the Netherlands

By Laurens Berentsen | 14 and 19 September 2021 | GTED in the News, News, Tax Expenditures News
Laurens Berentsen wrote two articles in the dutch FD Nieuws on the high levels of tax expenditures in the Netherlands using data from the GTED. In

Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation Blog: Business Rates and the High Street

By Ben Lockwood, Martin Simmler, Eddy Tam | 2 August 2021 | News, Tax Expenditures News
The authors look at tax reliefs introduced in the UK to support retail businesses that have been hit both by online shopping and by COVID-19. They

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC): 1.8 million couples benefitting from extra tax relief

News, Tax Expenditures News
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced that nearly 1.8 million couples in the UK use the Marriage Allowance to save up to £252 a year

CIAT Blog: General Analysis of Changes to Tax Benefits for Investments in Non-conventional Sources of Renewable Energy in Colombia Following the Energy Transition Law

By Omar Cabrera | 18 August 2021 | GTED in the News, News
Omar Cabrera discusses the changes introduced by the Enery Transition Law with respect to the tax benefits for investments in the general regulatory framework for Non-Conventional

Frankfurter Rundschau Article: Steuern – Rabatte auf den Prüfstand

By Christian von Haldenwang | 8 July 2021 | News
GTED’s Christian von Haldenwang writes about the significant amount of revenue that states forgo through tax expenditures which on average lie around 4% of gross domestic

Atlantico Interview: Quelle efficacité des aides et exonérations fiscales ? Voilà pourquoi personne ne sait vraiment répondre

GTED in the News, News
Tax expenditures in France amount to Euro 99 billion. Despite their magnitude they are under much less scrutiny compared to direct government spending. Atlantico interviews Agustin

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