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dc.titleTax Expenditure Budgets: Concepts and Challenges for Implementation
dc.contributor.authorJorratt, Michel
dc.contributor.authorVillela, Luiz Arruda
dc.contributor.authorLembruger Viol, Andrea
dc.contributor.orgunitInstitutional Capacity and Finance Sector
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2010-10-28T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2009-12-04T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractTax expenditures are generally defined as those government expenditures carried out through tax legislation, regulations, and practices that reduce or defer taxes for some taxpayers. There is a general concern that the tax expenditures negatively affect the budget and tax policies, which in turn affect the transparency, efficiency, and equality of the fiscal systems. Many countries in Latin American and a few in the Caribbean already estimate their tax expenditures; but in many cases they do so without adopting a consistent methodology that allows for adequate comparisons or that even evaluates their effectiveness. This working paper discusses the conceptual aspects of tax expenditures, the main challenges to assess them, and the general procedures adopted in the OECD countries and Latin America and the Caribbean to calculate, present, and approve them.
dc.format.extent61;74
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012209
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Tax-Expenditure-Budgets-Concepts-and-Challenges-for-Implementation.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Los-Presupuestos-de-Gastos-Tributarios-Conceptos-y-Desafíos-de-Implementación.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFinancial Sector
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subject.keywordstax expenditure budgets;Taxation;Subsidies and Fiscal Policy;Política Fiscal;Subsidios;expenditure budgets;Tributación
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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