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competitiveness

Economy

Minimum Corporate Income Tax: When Fallacies Lead to Failures

LFMI/April 22, 2022

The European Union is debating a directive that would place a minimum effective corporate income tax (CIT) of 15 percent on large-scale company groups. The directive is expected to address tax challenges caused by digitalization.

Economy

International Tax Competitiveness Index 2021: Simpler Taxes Would Lift Lithuania to Top Positions

LFMI/November 22, 2021 /Leave a comment

Lithuania ranks 6th in the 2021 International Tax Competitiveness Index presented by the US-based Tax Foundation. Estonia maintains the top ranking and the neighboring Latvia comes second, followed by New Zealand, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

Economy

Lithuania and International Tax Competitiveness Index

Daniel Bunn, Ieva Valeskaite and LFMI/October 16, 2020 /Leave a comment

Lithuania’s tax system is ranked the sixth most competitive and neutral in the OECD according to the Tax Foundation’s International Tax Competitiveness Index 2020 which was released on October 15.

Economy

Retail Chain Tax in Slovakia: Scary for the Big, Hammering the Small

Martin Vlachynsky and INESS/October 29, 2018 /Leave a comment

The Slovak government’s intention is to lower the market power of large international retail chains. Unfortunately, the alleged problems are mostly made-up. Instead, the “retail chain tax” may end up raising the food prices and wrecking havoc in Slovak retail.

Economy

Business Taxation in Baltic States: Sibling Rivalry

LFMI/October 15, 2018 /Leave a comment

The competitiveness of a country’s tax system is instrumental in creating a favorable environment for foreign direct investment, stimulating business, and advancing societal well-being. Competition based on endogenous factors should not be perceived as unjust or unnatural.

Economy

Slovak Farmers Are Entrepreneurs

Martin Vlachynsky and INESS/May 22, 2018 /Leave a comment

Do not be fooled by the vast yellow fields of rapeseed in Slovakia. The agricultural sector is a zombie, living on subsidies instead of fresh brains. There are a few exceptions (like the successful tomato growers), but the overall numbers are harsh.

Politics

Polish PM Morawiecki’s Declarations Versus Reality

Aleksander Laszek, Rafal Trzeciakowski and FOR/February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 /Leave a comment

In his first parliamentary speech, PM Mateusz Morawiecki repeated many theses of the government. Some of them are wrong and contradict the experiences of other countries. Others, while right, stand in clear contradiction with the actual actions of the Polish government.

Economy

Sound Policy Reforms Push Lithuania in Doing Business Rankings

LFMI/November 28, 2017 /Leave a comment

Lithuania has long been praised for its rankings in the categories of starting a business, registering property, and enforcing contracts, but it has also been criticized for a heavy administrative burden and red tape pervading the areas of dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, and paying taxes.

Think Tank News

Bureaucracy Index Goes International

INESS/October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 /Leave a comment

In 2016, the Institute of Economic and Social Studies (INESS) from Slovakia decided to fill the gap and the Bureaucracy Index was born. In collaboration with experts from different areas, INESS identified and analyzed all the administrative tasks that the state requires from a model SME company.

Economy

Doing Business 2017: How to Catch Up with Estonia?

Julija Simionenko-Kovacs and LFMI/March 8, 2016March 8, 2016 /Leave a comment

Lithuania outstripped its neighbors (Latvia and Poland) and once again was ranked among the top 20 countries in the world in terms of ease of doing business. But Lithuania’s competitors are not sitting around twiddling their thumbs, so last year’s achievement is not guaranteed for this year.

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