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Dominican Republic Gearing Up for a More Efficient Tax System : An Assessment of Tax Efficiency, a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Tax Expenditures, and an Exploration of Labor Informalit...
World Bank Group - 2017
-added tax, corporate income tax, personal income tax, and minor taxes. An analysis of tax-collection efficiency reveals several …
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Gabon : Assessment of the Impact of Tobacco Excise Tax Increases on Price, Consumption and Tax Revenue over 2018-2021
World Bank Group - 2019
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Gabon : Assessment of the Impact of Tobacco Excise Tax Increases on Price, Consumption and Tax Revenue over 2018-2021
World Bank Group - 2019
This country report assesses the impact of tobacco tax policy increases on prices, consumption, and fiscal revenue. The scientific evidence accumulated over the past five decades is clear: tobacco kills. Smokers who begin early in adult life and do not stop smoking face a three-fold higher risk...
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The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in IndonesiaPolicy Note
World Bank Group - 2017
This report is part of the Indonesia Tobacco Employment Studies implemented by the World Bank and the American Cancer Society. The findings from this report complement the findings from three closely-related reports focusing on specific segments of tobacco sector employment in Indonesia: tobacco...
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Assessment of Tax Compliance Costs for Businesses in the Kyrgyz Republic
World Bank Group - 2017
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institute focused on supporting the private sector in emerging economies. Through its work with more than 2,000 companies worldwide, IFC mobilizes capital, expertise, and influence to...
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Macroeconomic Stability, Fiscal Policy and Taxation : National Development Strategy Croatia 2030 Policy Note
World Bank Group - 2019
Croatia has made significant economic progress since independence, but the global financial crisis has exposed weaknesses in its economy and growth model. While growth has resumed in 2015, income convergence has been thrown back by the crisis and by the prolonged recession that followed and is...
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Dominican Republic Tax System Review
World Bank Group - 2021
Despite decades of impressive economic growth, tax revenues in the Dominican Republic (DR) remain well below the regional average. The DR's tax base is extremely narrow, with extensive exemptions, deductions, zero-ratings, and allowances across all major tax categories. Tax expenditures amounted...
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Peru - Selected Issues in Fiscal Policy : Taxation and Equity
World Bank Group - 2015
qualitative and quantitative analyses of the impact of taxes and transfers on inequality and on the distribution of income. The …
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Ethiopia : Modelling the Impact of Tobacco Tax Policy Reforms on Tobacco Use and Domestic Resources Mobilization Under Different Scenarios
World Bank Group - 2018
Addis Ababa, on June 20, 2016, to discuss tobacco use, its healthimpact, and excise taxes on tobacco as a public policy …
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Evidence Brief : Countering Common Arguments against Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes
World Bank Group - 2020
-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax. Arguments against SSB taxes tend to closely mirror those used against tobacco taxes, including that these … taxes are not effective, are regressive (place a disproportionate burden on lower income groups), negatively affect … used very effectively by opponents to impede and undermine public and political support for SSB taxes, both proposed and …
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