OECD RELEASES DETAILS INFORMATION ON ENERGY TAXATION

THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has released two detailed reports on energy taxation rates, breaks and subsidies amongst its 34 rich country members. They are ‘Taxing Energy Use’, a systematic comparative analysis of the structure and level of OECD countries’ energy taxes – see http://www.oecd.org/tax/taxpolicyanalysis/taxingenergyuse.htm. And an ‘Inventory Of Estimated Budgetary Support and Tax Expenditure for Fossil Fuels 2013’, with details of more than 550 fossil fuel financial support measures, including by ...


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