Tax Incentives for Research and Development

This paper aims to discuss the use of tax incentives for the promotion of business expenditures on Research and Development (RD). In the 1980s, only a few countries, including Canada, the United States and France, were implementing tax breaks for R...

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Main Authors: Correa, Paulo G., Guceri, Irem
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/20337406/tax-incentives-research-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23659
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spelling okr-10986-236592021-04-23T14:04:16Z Tax Incentives for Research and Development Correa, Paulo G. Guceri, Irem ACCOUNTING ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AMORTIZATION AVAILABILITY OF DATA BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BOND CAPABILITIES CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CLAIMANT CLEAN TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COMPLIANCE COSTS CONFIDENTIALITY CORPORATE INCOME TAX CORPORATE TAX CORPORATE TAX RATES CORPORATION TAX COST OF CAPITAL CREDIT SYSTEM CURRENT EXPENDITURES CUSTOMS DATA AVAILABILITY DEDUCTIONS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCOUNT RATE ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE FEDERAL TAX FINANCIAL CRISIS FIXED CAPITAL GOVERNMENT FINANCING GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT SUPPORT HOST COUNTRIES INCENTIVE STRUCTURES INDUSTRY SCOREBOARD INNOVATION INNOVATION POLICIES INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATIONS INSTALLATION INSTITUTION INSTRUMENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTEREST RATE INTERNAL REVENUE INVENTION INVESTING INVESTMENT BANK INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR JURISDICTION MARGINAL COST MARGINAL RATE OF RETURN MICRODATA MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MINISTRY OF ECONOMY NET BENEFIT NEW PRODUCTS NEW TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITY COST OUTPUT OUTPUTS POLICY EVALUATION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION POLICY RESPONSES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC ECONOMICS REAL ESTATE RED TAPE RESULT RESULTS SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL COST STARTUPS SUB-NATIONAL TAX TAX AUTHORITIES TAX AUTHORITY TAX BASE TAX BREAK TAX BREAKS TAX CONSULTANTS TAX CREDIT TAX CREDITS TAX EXPENDITURES TAX INCENTIVE TAX INCENTIVES TAX INSTRUMENTS TAX LIABILITY TAX POLICY TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX RELIEF TAX RETURNS TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SYSTEMS TAX TABLES TAX TREATMENT TAXABLE INCOME TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TIME PERIOD TRANSPARENCY UNFAIR COMPETITION USE TAX WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS This paper aims to discuss the use of tax incentives for the promotion of business expenditures on Research and Development (RD). In the 1980s, only a few countries, including Canada, the United States and France, were implementing tax breaks for RD. By the 2000s, however, many countries from both the developed and the developing world had adopted policy packages that included a version of tax breaks for RD activity. In view of this trend, the question of the effectiveness of RD tax incentive schemes in generating additional privately funded RD has become ever more important. 2016-01-14T19:52:24Z 2016-01-14T19:52:24Z 2013-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/20337406/tax-incentives-research-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23659 English en_US Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Policy Note;No. 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTING
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
AMORTIZATION
AVAILABILITY OF DATA
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARY
BOND
CAPABILITIES
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CLAIMANT
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
COMPETITIVENESS
COMPLIANCE COSTS
CONFIDENTIALITY
CORPORATE INCOME TAX
CORPORATE TAX
CORPORATE TAX RATES
CORPORATION TAX
COST OF CAPITAL
CREDIT SYSTEM
CURRENT EXPENDITURES
CUSTOMS
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEDUCTIONS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISCOUNT RATE
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
EQUIPMENT
EXPENDITURE
FEDERAL TAX
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED CAPITAL
GOVERNMENT FINANCING
GOVERNMENT FUNDING
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
HOST COUNTRIES
INCENTIVE STRUCTURES
INDUSTRY SCOREBOARD
INNOVATION
INNOVATION POLICIES
INNOVATION POLICY
INNOVATIONS
INSTALLATION
INSTITUTION
INSTRUMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTEREST RATE
INTERNAL REVENUE
INVENTION
INVESTING
INVESTMENT BANK
INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR
JURISDICTION
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL RATE OF RETURN
MICRODATA
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
NET BENEFIT
NEW PRODUCTS
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OPPORTUNITY COST
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
POLICY EVALUATION
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
POLICY RESPONSES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC AGENCIES
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
REAL ESTATE
RED TAPE
RESULT
RESULTS
SMALL BUSINESS
SOCIAL COST
STARTUPS
SUB-NATIONAL
TAX
TAX AUTHORITIES
TAX AUTHORITY
TAX BASE
TAX BREAK
TAX BREAKS
TAX CONSULTANTS
TAX CREDIT
TAX CREDITS
TAX EXPENDITURES
TAX INCENTIVE
TAX INCENTIVES
TAX INSTRUMENTS
TAX LIABILITY
TAX POLICY
TAX RATE
TAX RATES
TAX RELIEF
TAX RETURNS
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEMS
TAX TABLES
TAX TREATMENT
TAXABLE INCOME
TAXATION
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
TIME PERIOD
TRANSPARENCY
UNFAIR COMPETITION
USE TAX
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
AMORTIZATION
AVAILABILITY OF DATA
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARY
BOND
CAPABILITIES
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CLAIMANT
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
COMPETITIVENESS
COMPLIANCE COSTS
CONFIDENTIALITY
CORPORATE INCOME TAX
CORPORATE TAX
CORPORATE TAX RATES
CORPORATION TAX
COST OF CAPITAL
CREDIT SYSTEM
CURRENT EXPENDITURES
CUSTOMS
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEDUCTIONS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISCOUNT RATE
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
EQUIPMENT
EXPENDITURE
FEDERAL TAX
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED CAPITAL
GOVERNMENT FINANCING
GOVERNMENT FUNDING
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
HOST COUNTRIES
INCENTIVE STRUCTURES
INDUSTRY SCOREBOARD
INNOVATION
INNOVATION POLICIES
INNOVATION POLICY
INNOVATIONS
INSTALLATION
INSTITUTION
INSTRUMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTEREST RATE
INTERNAL REVENUE
INVENTION
INVESTING
INVESTMENT BANK
INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR
JURISDICTION
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL RATE OF RETURN
MICRODATA
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
NET BENEFIT
NEW PRODUCTS
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OPPORTUNITY COST
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
POLICY EVALUATION
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
POLICY RESPONSES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC AGENCIES
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
REAL ESTATE
RED TAPE
RESULT
RESULTS
SMALL BUSINESS
SOCIAL COST
STARTUPS
SUB-NATIONAL
TAX
TAX AUTHORITIES
TAX AUTHORITY
TAX BASE
TAX BREAK
TAX BREAKS
TAX CONSULTANTS
TAX CREDIT
TAX CREDITS
TAX EXPENDITURES
TAX INCENTIVE
TAX INCENTIVES
TAX INSTRUMENTS
TAX LIABILITY
TAX POLICY
TAX RATE
TAX RATES
TAX RELIEF
TAX RETURNS
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEMS
TAX TABLES
TAX TREATMENT
TAXABLE INCOME
TAXATION
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
TIME PERIOD
TRANSPARENCY
UNFAIR COMPETITION
USE TAX
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Correa, Paulo G.
Guceri, Irem
Tax Incentives for Research and Development
relation Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Policy Note;No. 4
description This paper aims to discuss the use of tax incentives for the promotion of business expenditures on Research and Development (RD). In the 1980s, only a few countries, including Canada, the United States and France, were implementing tax breaks for RD. By the 2000s, however, many countries from both the developed and the developing world had adopted policy packages that included a version of tax breaks for RD activity. In view of this trend, the question of the effectiveness of RD tax incentive schemes in generating additional privately funded RD has become ever more important.
format Brief
author Correa, Paulo G.
Guceri, Irem
author_facet Correa, Paulo G.
Guceri, Irem
author_sort Correa, Paulo G.
title Tax Incentives for Research and Development
title_short Tax Incentives for Research and Development
title_full Tax Incentives for Research and Development
title_fullStr Tax Incentives for Research and Development
title_full_unstemmed Tax Incentives for Research and Development
title_sort tax incentives for research and development
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/20337406/tax-incentives-research-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23659
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