129. Almost all social security payments and services are financed through taxes and duties.

Some specific measures, such as exchange of tax information, do not appear to command universal support.

It can be achieved both through an improvement in tax collection and a reduction in tax evasion.

4. Stopping the transfer of the funds of the Palestinian Authority (funds raised from taxes and other dues).

The United Nations Development Corporation had planned to issue tax free bonds to finance the construction, but such a tax free scheme is not allowed under the United States tax code.

The Government is urged to implement a fiscal proposal which includes concrete tax and non tax measures to make it possible to meet the taxation target at least by 2002.

Accordingly, the Government is again urged to take steps in the short term, in accordance with this pledge, to implement tax measures that will ensure a sustained increase in State resources on the basis of equity, and measures to forge a new fiscal culture in the country.

(iii) Revenue derived from the Staff Assessment Plan

The program s other measures are a series of tax cuts for the middle class, entrepreneurs, and the wealthy, which, though expensive, constitute a similarly welcome break with France s tradition of punitive taxation.

The Government decided in June to establish progressive import taxes on cars, with rates varying from 20 to 200 per cent, in a bid to raise more revenues other measures are under consideration.

By contrast, Romney would reduce America s corporate tax rate (the highest in the OECD) to 25 and tax American multinationals on a territorial, rather than a worldwide, basis in order to increase their tax competitiveness. He would also lower personal tax rates by 20 , and make up lost revenue by limiting tax deductions and credits, particularly at the upper end, thereby raising about 18.5 of GDP, just above the historical average, at full employment.

The Government of Canada provides support directly to persons with disabilities through such instruments as the Canada Pension Plan and tax measures such as a new Child Disability Benefit.

The package included a list of 28 measures aimed at increasing revenues through a series of new taxes, reducing expenditures and servicing the public debt.

Chapter V. PREPARATORY MEASURES

Explained in a number of reports is how taxation measures are used to encourage sustainable forest management.

Such measures should be applied in an interactive and interrelated process, and be prepared in advance in a systematic manner.

Among fiscal measures, the reduction of taxes and the granting of tax breaks in selected areas such as venture capital financing were of particular importance.

While eliminating inefficient spending, especially inefficient tax subsidies, can generate some of these funds, more tax revenues may be needed. The rich can certainly afford to pay more, but if governments increase taxes on the wealthy, they should do it with the aim of improving opportunities for all, rather than as a punitive measure to rectify an imagined wrong.

Various forms of domestic resource mobilization for diversification (e.g. taxes and levies earmarked for diversification) were mentioned in this connection.

3190 Administrative pricing n.e.s.

While United Nations sanctions on timber and diamonds are in effect, the National Transitional Government of Liberia expects to collect nearly 90 per cent of its revenues through customs duties, maritime collections income tax and corporate tax.

In Africa, several countries emphasize their willingness to improve the efficiency of the funding mechanisms for measures to manage natural resources and local development (rural credit, village investment funds, tax rebates, taxes on the exploitation of natural resources, etc.).

For the other Parties, the increasing CO2 share reflects taxation and energy efficiency measures.

12. The Government is taking stringent measures aimed at collecting taxes due from local businesses in order to alleviate the Territory s deficit.

In cases where the taxpayers are not able to provide guarantee, the customs may, in line with the provisions of article 61 of the Customs Law, adopt duty safeguard measures.

Consequently, they were obliged to impose high taxes as a source of revenue on a low income population.

The key reason is that several recent reforms announced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel raising the value added tax, increasing user charges for healthcare, and taxing interest payments as a part of so called corporate tax reform promise to reduce German economic growth, perhaps significantly, in 2007.

Everybody talks about carbon taxes it won't work emission schemes, but for example, one policy measure, feed in tariffs on the energy system, which is already applied, from China doing it on offshore wind systems, all the way to the U.S.

Tax policy, along with other legislative measures, have been increasingly focused on reducing wealth and higher incomes.

It can be compared to a specialized library with books on trade related topics (i.e. tariff schedules para tariff measures non tariff measures import statistics).a The global aim of TRAINS is to increase transparency in international trading conditions.

Previous positions include principal economist (tax policy), Ministry of Finance and National Planning and senior revenue analyst, Ministry of Finance and National Planning.

Taxes and charges can be applied generally on the sector, such as through a bed tax or entry and exit taxes, on specific commodities such as fuel, on outputs such as discharges, or on use of amenities such as admission to national parks Financial incentives and agreements Enterprises can be given an incentive to adopt sounder practices by attaching specific conditions to the offering of loans and grants, the granting of concessions to operate or the creation of public private partnerships.

Funding will be secured within existing resources and the plan will be implemented within the next six to eight months.

Together with the tax reform, consumption tax policies for general consumer goods such as clothing and cosmetics will be optimized, with overall adjustments made to the scope of taxation, tax rates, and the different parts of the taxation process.

Notwithstanding the steps that have been taken to strengthen OFIDA's capabilities, the agency cannot force any changes owing to the precarious security situation.

These measures shall include, inter alia, the coordination of economic instruments such as taxes or subsidies, administrative instruments such as least cost or integrated resource planning, energy efficiency standards and recycling, and specific measures covering the industrial, energy, transportation, land use, agriculture, waste management and forestry sectors.

The collection of information was determined on the basis of the need of the planning for security measures.

It has the most complete coverage of sources among those countries applying such an instrument, while the rate is lower than in some of them.

Chief Budget Analyst and Head of Tax Policy Revenue Unit, Ministry of Finance and National Planning.

The September summit should endorse national and international measures to direct foreign investment to low income countries through such measures as investment guarantee schemes, tax and other incentives, revised risk rating and similar arrangements.

Chapter V. Preparatory measures (A CN.9 438 Add.3)

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

In sub Saharan agrarian structures, implicit tax measures were used to extract part of the value added by farmers.

the service fields previously having a business tax have uniformly levied value added taxes. The business tax that has been implemented for more than 60 years has been virtually eliminated,

III. POLICIES AND MEASURES TO LIMIT ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS