to achieve convergence of policy outcomes to OECD upper standards is challenging. Efficiency gains in the tax system … could bring additional revenues. The tax base should be expanded by reducing informality, strengthening tax administration … unemployment and income inequality, the tax-benefit system should also be revised as it is now relatively regressive and the tax …

. Raising the effectiveness of tax collection, reforming the tax structure towards less distortive taxes and making more out of …

, though, will have to be on the revenue side, primarily through hikes in the consumption tax rate toward the OECD average and … a broadening of the personal income tax base. Fiscal consolidation should be accompanied by measures to promote … inclusive growth through the tax and benefit system, in particular by introducing an earned income tax credit to assist the …