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This study focused on environmental tax measures, and on allocation, pricing, and taxation of Iceland’s major … hydropower and geothermal resources. Measures to secure the tax base for the corporate income tax (CIT) are proposed. Taxation of …-intensive industries should be avoided. The proposals in this paper aim at efficiency and equity in the tax system rather than revenue …
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This background paper describes five different tools that can be used for the assessment of tax incentives by … framework for assessment. Evaluations of the various costs and benefits of tax incentives are vital for informed decision making … next three tools (tax expenditure assessment, corporate micro simulation models, and effective tax rate models) can be used …
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with an access to the world capital market. The paper examines the efficiency of quantity restrictions on capital exports … and the accompanying set of taxes. A distinction is made between a benchmark case where the government can fully tax … foreign-source income and a more realistic case where the government cannot effectively tax foreign-source income …
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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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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 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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