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The Icelandic government has launched a review of the tax system, with a view to improving its income redistribution … detrimental effects on employment and growth, and at removing inconsistencies with international practices. The tax measures will …. The Icelandic Corporate Index Tax would benefit from adopting financial accounting as the basis to determine taxable …
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This paper explores how the tax treatment of investment and savings affects international capital flows as well as … internationalization of financial markets calls for a careful study of the international implications of domestic tax policies …
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This paper explores how tax policy affects the level and allocation of national savings in the United States. It argues … saving is the most direct and efficient way to raise national saving. However, the tax system has a powerful impact on the … composition of savings and investment. The paper suggests various specific tax measures that would not only raise government …
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importance of various contributing factors--in particular tax policy--in influencing the behavior of business fixed investment …
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This Selected Issues paper examines prospects for increasing growth and reducing poverty in the Solomon Islands. The paper highlights that agriculture constitutes the largest sector of the Solomon Islands economy, averaging about 20 percent of GDP throughout the 1990s. The Solomon Islands also...
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the medium term. Enforcing the tax agreement with, a Gold Ridge company, and implementing the new resource taxation regime …
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This paper presents the Tax Summary for the Solomon Islands. The paper discusses that normal business expenses are …
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This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix surveys the main reasons for Papua New Guinea’s disappointing economic performance, highlighting the key impediments to growth in each of the main sectors of the economy. The paper outlines the structural reforms that could help reduce these...
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This Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix paper reviews the path of Papua New Guinea’s external debt over the last decade. It explains the underlying macroeconomic framework to better understand the dynamics behind the external debt profile, and assesses the relative scale of the public...
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This Selected Issues paper for the Solomon Islands reviews budget trends in the past decade and assesses medium-term budget prospects. Aid flows and revenue from import tariffs and logging are projected to decline. Spending pressures are likely to pick up considerably, owing to the need to...
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