Taxation

A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures. A failure to pay, along with evasion of or resistance to taxation, is punishable by law. Taxes consist of direct or indirect taxes and may be paid in money or as its labour equivalent. The first known taxation took place in Ancient Egypt around 3000–2800 BC. Most countries have a tax system in place to pay for public, common, or agreed national needs and …

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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 July 2024 English

died. 2. Jonathan Swift, microfinance pioneeer. 3. Which messages induce people to favor greater taxation of billionaires? 4...


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 23 July 2024 English

This created a real estate bubble that artificially inflated the price of real estate.2 When it burst in 1991, the bubble triggered a deflationary crisis within the economy which led …

pain already plaguing citizens, any discussion of taxation is likely to fall on deaf ears, while the weak


The Equality Trust · 22 July 2024 English

"The Spirit Level at 15: The Enduring Impact of Inequality" revisits the influential work "The Spirit Level" fifteen years after its initial publication. It underscores the persistent and growing impact …

institutions, fair labour practices, progressive taxation, and provisions such as national childcare, elderly


NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) · 22 July 2024 English

The economic reforms under way and the economic & institutional reforms on the agenda for the next few years, will sustain growth of per capita GDP at 7% during the …

Startups vis-à-vis Corporations by simplifying taxation & regulation. 55 Table 12: Cumulative Consumption compliances and 254 filings/intimations related to taxation and finance.68 The Indian tax bureaucracy is notorious filings/intimations on subjects other than labour, taxation, and finance, which need to be dramatically slashed favourable locations. The imposition of retroactive taxation led to a number of disputes with foreign investors start-ups must be removed. Completely eliminate the taxation of unrealized capital gains, which was introduced


CPD: Centre for Policy Development · 22 July 2024 English

The proposed BPORs alongside recent investments in improving amendments would contribute to the the evidence base for policy decision-making, embedding of the government’s Measuring marks an opportunity for the Commonwealth …

effects can be banked in payments, income and taxation, employment, a way consistent with a high standard Treasurer and Minister for Finance agree that taxation revenue offsets We recommend the inclusion of quantifiable increase in revenue (either taxation and/or non-taxation) from a decision Section 3.35 to change


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 20 July 2024 English

Rising inequality is directly related to vulnerability, and addressing inequality could reduce vulnerability to forced displacement.

vital to wealth redistribution. For example, a taxation regime that taxes high-income groups and uses


CIS: Centre for Independent Studies · 18 July 2024 English

It’s possible this is simply natural variance in the One of the most important initial steps sample: it was not feasible to match the in understanding corporate activism is to …

committees discussing the budget, citizenship, taxation and health policy. He has written extensively


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 18 July 2024 English

The economy contracted in 2023 due to high energy prices and interest rates. Headline inflation has fallen sharply as end-user energy prices have stabilized, but core inflation remains somewhat stickier, …

unemployment, or short-time work benefits. Mini-job taxation can be regressive in that these jobs can be taxed


World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 English

Promoting gender equality and enhancing women’s involvement in the economy are crucial for Serbia’s growth trajectory. It’s vital to actively engage, cultivate, and fully utilize the diverse skills and potential …

framework governing the labor market in Serbia.3 Wage taxation and social security contribution are out- lined


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 18 July 2024 English

Selected Issues

which in turn finance these transfers through taxation and other revenues (Figure 3). 11. Even “Equity and Efficiency Effects of Land Value Taxation,” IMF Working Paper 2022/263 (Washington: International


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