This is the tenth year that the paying taxes indicator has been part of the World Bank Doing Business project. The journey over the period of the study has been an eventful and interesting one and the economic backdrop continues to present a challenging environment for governments as they...

Taxes are the price you pay for civilization. Taxes provide government revenues, and those who pay them have a stake in the system and in how government spends its money. Taxes are lifeblood of a stable and prosperous society. In the wake of the global economic downturn levying tax in even more...

Since the first edition of paying taxes, and especially following the global financial crisis, the media, the public, and many policymakers have become increasingly interested in how international tax systems operate. Most recently the focus has been the work initiated by the G20 and carried out...

Im Rahmen der europäischen und deutschen Umwelt-, Klima- und Energiepolitik spielen der effiziente Umgang mit den vorhandenen Ressourcen und die Verminderung von Umweltbelastungen eine entscheidende Rolle. Dabei stehen auch Unternehmen und andere Organisationen im Fokus: Diese können einen...