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Recognition and Measurement of Tax Expenditures: International Experience and Russian Practice

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  • Tatiana Malinina

    (Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy)

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This book presents a thorough analysis of international experience that offers insights into budgetary tax expenditures, their evaluation and the use of information for fiscal policy purposes. The author analyzes Russian practice in vested tax benefits and exempts, carries out their quantitative evaluation, drafts policy proposals regarding implementation of budgetary tax expenditure concept in Russia.

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  • Tatiana Malinina, 2010. "Recognition and Measurement of Tax Expenditures: International Experience and Russian Practice," Research Paper Series, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, issue 146P.
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    Keywords

    Tax Expenditure; Tax; fiscal policy;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General

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