Tax incentives or subsidies for efficient equipment

Policy options include tax incentives, R D funds, economic development agencies, incentives for networking and joint ventures.

The guide might also mention various forms of tax incentives granted to private investors (e.g. permanent incentives or incentives that were limited in time).

(a) Fiscal incentives reduce the tax burden for a foreign investor.

Incentives include, for example, tax reduction to companies factories with readiness and needs.

In addition, section 936 of the United States Federal Tax Code provided generous tax incentives to such companies, including the right to tax free repatriation of profits.

The Law provides two types of tax incentives to companies. The first is income tax exemption of the research personnel, including academics.

A lower rate would strengthen incentives for investment and job creation in the US, and weaken incentives for tax avoidance. It would also reduce numerous efficiency reducing distortions in the US tax code, including substantial tax advantages for debt financing over equity financing and for non corporate businesses over corporate businesses.

Other facilitative measures through various agencies to promote OFDI include grants, loans, tax incentives, and equity financing.

Governments could help in this regard, by creating the appropriate incentives, either through tax measures or matching funds.

Among fiscal incentives, developed countries appear to prefer accelerated depreciation and specific deductions for corporate income tax purposes.

Certainly, the tax incentives provided to mining TNCs carry an immediate opportunity cost in terms of lost government revenues.

This could cover issues concerning harmonization of codes and policies, contract enforcement, tax and other incentives, monitoring of corporate practice with respect to transfer pricing, tax avoidance, and the like.

Regionally funded investment guarantees and non discriminatory region wide tax incentives would also impact favourably on the region's investment climate.

Sliding export taxes and other tax incentives, for both local and foreign investors, played an important role in vertical diversification.

Perhaps some form of incentive, including tax incentives, should be offered for them to place women higher up on their lists.

Finally, the Government also provided tax incentives for enterprise development, and the media were used to build up an enterprise culture.

A more radical proposal would convert the tax deduction into a means tested and refundable matching government contribution deposited directly into a taxpayer s individual retirement account (IRA). Taxpayers are more responsive to matching incentives than they are to tax incentives, because the former are easier to understand and more transparent.

Incentives could include tax breaks or financial aid to support internships or offset the initial cost of hiring and training new employees.

Most Parties use a variety of policy devices, including economic instruments to tax energy consumption, or provide financial incentives for energy efficiency investments.

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6.6 Acknowledging the potential contribution of the elimination of subsidies and other economic incentives, including tax incentives to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Annex I countries. (Venezuela, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates)3.

Instead of cutting proven tax incentives for business investment, the US should offset at least some of the revenue losses from a lower corporate tax rate by raising tax rates on corporate shareholders. Most countries that reduced their corporate tax rates have followed this path, while the US has done the opposite.

Promotion of private investment in research and technological development (IDE) through tax incentives to businesses that accept the challenge of participating in those activities (30 per cent tax credit on their annual expenditure on IDE).

They range from low cost financing, tax incentives, business development, marketing, design, technology adoption, standards upgrading, productivity improvement and computerization to expanding operations abroad.

Acknowledging the potential contribution of the elimination of subsidies, and other economic incentives, including tax incentives, to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Annex I countries, and therefore highest priority should be given to those policies in implementing their commitments .

Innovative mechanisms, including microfinance, equitable tax incentives and the involvement of civil society should be further explored to enhance local ownership and commitment to such strategies.

For the year 2004 only, the Government has provided tax incentives to encourage more small and medium sized companies to contribute towards their employees' childcare costs.

Panellists also saw the need for targeting tax incentives at and ensuring adequate credit for SMEs, and providing subcontracting opportunities for SMEs in public sector projects.

In addition, settlers are offered financial incentives such as subsidies, tax breaks, preferential mortgage rates, occasionally free plots of land, as well as bonuses for businesses.

Countries with such incentive systems can serve as examples of utility based incentives for renewable energy technologies, tax incentives, fuel displacement levies and electricity feed in legislation, extension of loans to promoters of renewable energy and to consumers shifting to renewable energy technologies, market mechanisms and pricing policies such as net metering facilities and tax exemption on public bus purchases.

Initiatives to address youth unemployment include tax incentives for companies to hire youth, financial assistance for self employment, job search centres, voluntary service programmes and training courses.

Incentives

Most countries have introduced some form of forced savings (such as compulsory contribution to pension and provident funds) and provide tax incentives to stimulate long term household savings.

Settlement incentives offered by the local authorities include free housing, access to property, social infrastructure, inexpensive or sometimes free electricity, running water, low taxes or limited tax exemptions.

By way of tax incentives normal diesel fuel (sulphur 0.2 per cent) has been totally replaced by diesel with a low sulphur content (less than 0.05 per cent).

(iv) Phasing out of market imperfections, fiscal incentives, tax exemptions and subsidies in all greenhouse gas emitting sectors that run counter to the objective of the Convention and

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And incentives not just material, but also non material incentives.

Each Annex I Party shall give the first priority to policies and measures intended to eliminate subsidies, tax incentives and other market imperfections existing in greenhouse gas emitting sectors

The introduction of special job schemes in the form of job experience and job training (Act No. 24.013) has made it possible to increase employment opportunities for young people by influencing demand for labour through tax incentives for firms (tax breaks on employers apos contributions).

Settlement Incentives

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(i) Incentives

17.1 Each Annex I Party should give the first priority to policies and measures intended to eliminate subsidies, tax incentives and other market imperfections existing in greenhouse gas emitting sectors.