Tax and the Environment

Tax and the Environment

Why this book?

This book highlights the opportunity to save taxes and the environment. It provides a thorough overview of both environmental taxes and tax incentives related to environmentally friendly investments and activities.

It starts with a general introduction into the principles of environmental taxation and then, by looking at a set of 13 countries, the book provides an analysis of tax measures in the field of direct and indirect taxation with regard to the environment. It concludes with a comparative overview of the tax measures in the countries discussed.

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Christina Akker, Anuschka Bakker, Charles van den Berg, Nicole Bryant, Paul de Chalain, Bill Cole, Bram Faber, Rahul Garg, Michelle Giraldi, Shally Gupta, Lars Henckel, Anna Hjelmstrom, Carlos Iacia, Fredrik Jonsson, Maria Karlsson, Howard Kazdan, Fred Klaassen, James Koch, Peter Merrill, Ramon Mullerat, R Muralidharan, Osamu Nakatsubo, Kumiko Nishiyama, Bret Oliver, Ajay Rastogi, Mark Schofield, Leanne Sereda, Norbert Tutsch, Peter Tylestam, Hartwig Welbers, Charles de Wet and Alan Wu.

Tax and the Environment: A World of Possibilities
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Policy Frameworks and International Organizations
Australia: A – Direct Taxation
Australia: B – Indirect Taxation
Brazil: A – Direct Taxation
Brazil: B – Indirect Taxation
Canada: A – Direct Taxation
Canada: B – Indirect Taxation
China: A – Direct Taxation
China: B – Indirect Taxation
Germany: A – Direct Taxation
Germany: B – Indirect Taxation
Spain: A – Direct Taxation
Spain: B – Indirect Taxation
India: A – Direct Taxation
India: B – Indirect Taxation
Japan: A – Direct Taxation
Japan: B – Indirect Taxation
Netherlands: A – Direct Taxation
Netherlands: B – Indirect Taxation
Sweden: A – Direct Taxation
Sweden: B – Indirect Taxation
United Kingdom: A – Direct Taxation
United Kingdom: B – Indirect Taxation
United States: A – Direct Taxation
United States: B – Indirect Taxation
South Africa: A – Direct Taxation
South Africa: B – Indirect Taxation
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