Iceland : Advancing Tax Reform and the Taxation of Natural Resources.

This study focused on environmental tax measures, and on allocation, pricing, and taxation of Iceland's major hydropower and geothermal resources. Measures to secure the tax base for the corporate income tax (CIT) are proposed. Taxation of the financial sector can be improved by a number of mea...

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Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Colección:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2011/138
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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