Tax Incentives

A tax holiday is a temporary reduction or elimination of a tax. It is synonymous with tax abatement, tax subsidy or tax reduction. Governments usually create tax holidays as incentives for business investment. Tax relief can be provided in the form of property tax concessions to assure the investment of new businesses or the retention of existing ones. Tax holidays have been granted by governments at national, sub-national, and local levels, and have included income, property, sales, VAT, and other taxes. Some tax holidays are extra-statutory concessions, where governing bodies grant a reduction in tax that is not necessarily authorized …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 19 December 2024 English

The Fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) offers a crucial opportunity to create an integrated approach to financing climate and nature work and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This …

to avoid undermining efforts. One area is tax incentives. All the frameworks, except the GBF, which which is less prescriptive, identify tax incentives as a major source of revenue loss requiring urgent attention strengthening domestic taxation and rationalizing tax incentives. For the last decade or more, the tax community power the energy transition; rationalizing tax incentives (Mataba et al., 2023), including in Special A., Nikièma, S. (2023, October). Revisiting tax incentives as an investment promotion tool: Q&A for investment


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 16 December 2024 English

The Government of India has set ambitious goals to ramp up a range of clean technologies by 2030 to increase energy independence, energy security, and energy access while promoting industrial …

rates), government revenue forgone (e.g., tax incentives), underpricing of government goods and services subsidies in the form of direct transfers, tax incentives, and grants that lower the financial barriers


CSLS: Centre for the Study of Living Standards · 13 December 2024 English

Stiglitz, 2023) and point to much larger, The discussion on climate change and potentially devastating, impacts on growth productivity is further complicated as and productivity (Dietz and Stern, 2015; labour …

such as fossil fuel-based in public R&D or tax incentives and grants ones – to emerging and growing industries change policies will also need to facilitate Tax Incentives: Results from the OECD mi- the necessary structural


CSLS: Centre for the Study of Living Standards · 13 December 2024 English

Stiglitz, 2023) and point to much larger, The discussion on climate change and potentially devastating, impacts on growth productivity is further complicated as and productivity (Dietz and Stern, 2015; labour …

such as fossil fuel-based in public R&D or tax incentives and grants ones – to emerging and growing industries change policies will also need to facilitate Tax Incentives: Results from the OECD mi- the necessary structural


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 12 December 2024 English

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is often overlooked as a source of many critical minerals despite its significant mineral output. This report examines the potential for ASM to take an …

the local government include implementing tax incentives and other mechanisms to encourage the establishment


Canadian Chamber of Commerce · 11 December 2024 English

Background Prior to the issuance of the Report of the Royal Commission on Taxation more commonly referred to as the Carter Commission in 1966, the unit of taxation in Canada …

costs for developers through grants and/or tax incentives to make affordable housing projects more economically


Fraser Institute · 10 December 2024 English

Manitoba had the highest percentage of tax filers that donated to charity among the provinces (19.3%) during the 2022 tax year while New Brunswick had the lowest (14.7%). Manitoba also …

Jason Clemens (1999). Charitable Donations and Tax Incentives. Fraser Forum (June). Lammam, Charles, and


Wilson Center Canada · 9 December 2024 English

The priorities of the new European Commission in this area include: • Industrial Strategy to foster innovation, competitiveness and research, and to strengthen the technological and industrial base. [...] Some …

green technologies. The EU Green Deal uses non-tax incentives, such as carbon pricing, binding targets, performance


CIRANO: Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations · 6 December 2024 French

Les chercheurs du CIRANO et les membres de l’équipe DEPPI ont partagé des résultats de recherche majeurs pour mieux comprendre les défis et identifier des solutions concrètes à l’intégration des …

Hicham El Moussaoui, Valentin Petkantchin) Tax Incentives and Older Workers: Evidence from Canada (Guy


Yellowhead Institute · 4 December 2024 English

Jason Akearok examines the complexities conceptualizations of economic activity to shift the of sheries' rights, highlighting the challenges and narrative and drive toward signicant change in the opportunities for sustainable …

009-eng.htm Canada, Government of Canada, “Tax incentives for mining and Angelo, Denise, Disbray, Samantha Papers, No. 278. (2022): Government of Canada, “Tax incentives for mining and 1-107. https://doi.org/10.1787/19939019 Qikiqtani Region.” Canada. Government of Canada. “Tax incentives for mining Accessed September 12, 2024. https://www


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