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Project: Environmental tax reform – Elaborating an analysis and versions of the implementation process in the Czech Republic
State: Finished
Submitter: SRC International and Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic
Time of Relevance: 1997

Project Objective:
The main aim of the project was an analysis of the development tendencies in the field of environmental taxes in European and other countries. The Czech Republic’s possibilities in using these taxes were examined, especially the environmental tax’s impact on state budget revenues, costs and the economic outcomes of selected sectors and on households.
Brief Summary:
In the framework of this project the proposal of “ecological tax reform” (prepared by the Ministry of Environment) was analyzed according to particular tax types and their planned changes in the context of present developments in theEuropean Union and OECD countries. The proposed taxes impact on the development of state budget revenues, companies and households was calculated.
Outputs:
The evaluation of the environmental tax’s impact on the state budget, selected sectors of the economy and households.

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