Neil
McIlveen for Natural Resources Canada and Finance Canada. Examines the
impact of Canada's tax system on a range of energy investments and
compares levels of support provided by the tax system to typical
non-renewable energy, renewable energy, and energy efficiency projects.
Finds largest tax…
Robert Mitchell, Brad Anderson, Marty Kaga, and Stephen Eliot
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1/5/2009
Robert
Mitchell, Brad Anderson, Marty Kaga, and Stephen Eliot, Alberta
Department of Energy. Review of challenges in ensuring transparent and
consistent royalty treatment for Alberta tar sand projects. Proposes
standardized rate sheet to reduce bargaining power of developers.
(Report in Brief). (Full report can be emailed to you). Report of the Technical Committee of Business Taxation for the Canadian Department of Finance. Committee mandate to review taxes paid by Canadian business and recommend ways of improving the business tax system. Useful background on issues of…
Christine Elwell and Tyson Dyck. Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy. This paper explores the major government policy and legal strategies necessary to advance sustainable energy development, create jobs and protect the public interest in the newly opened electricity market in…
(Abstract). (Full report can be emailed to you). Department of Finance. This paper is a study of the federal tax treatment of the oil sands industry centered in Alberta.
Department of Finance. Advocates establishment of a common statutory rate of corporate income tax for all sectors, including consistent treatment of costs, both across resource projects and between the resource sector and other sectors of the economy to supposedly promote more efficient development…
(Previous Years). Department of Finance, Canada. Source of information for the analysis of the Canadian tax system. Annual review of federal tax breaks that benefit (among others) the energy sector.
Amy Taylor, Matthew Bramley, and Mark Winfield, The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development. This report, commissioned by the Climate Action Network Canada, identifies and quantifies federal government expenditure on Canada's oil and gas sector. It also investigates both federal and provincial…
Matthew Saunders and Karen Schneider. Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. June 2000. Australia is only one case in this international overview of problems with subsidies. AUSTRALIA, CANADA, UNITED STATES, JAPAN, EUROPEAN UNION, FORMER SOVIET UNION, EASTERN EUROPE, CHINA…
Christopher Riedy, Institute for Sustainable Futures, January 2003. Overview of Australian subsidies includes fossil fuel production and consumption, electricity and road transportation subsidies.
Joe
Loper, Alliance to Save Energy, Washington, DC. Despite old data, the
methods remain extremely timely. This is perhaps they only detailed
state-by-state assessment of net taxes on energy. Posted with
permission of the Alliance to Save Energy. See original report cover.
Tellus Institute. This primer describes the theory and options for Environmental Tax Shifting (ETS) in Massachusetts. By shifting the state tax base from income, savings, or labor to use of resources, pollution, and sprawl, revenue raising would discourage unattractive activities rather than work…
New England Environmental Finance Center. Current development patterns and increased tax pressures in local municipalities combine to harm both Maine’s natural resources and its quality of life.
Energy Policy. V. 31, No. 13, pp. 1379-1391. Alexander Ritschel and Greg Smestad. Many interventions implemented by the state to smooth out the impacts of the energy crisis insulated electricity consumers from market realities and supported the existing structure of California’s electricity market…
Robert S. McIntyre and T.D. Coo Nyugen, Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Detailed assessments of the actual taxes paid by major US corporations and corporate sectors at the state level. Tax breaks often allow particular sectors, including energy, to pay an…
The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
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1/5/2009
Current. The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy.