distortionary

What’s more, most taxes have a distortionary effect, which is wasteful.

In its current form it is complicated, inefficient and distortionary.

One big distortionary factor is that a lot of financial products do not show up as normal deposits.

"Differential tax rates are unfair and have a distortionary effect on the economy," she said.

However, capping the rate at 30% is much more unfair and distortionary.

The government has taken a first step by tightening its own budget and spending less, especially on distortionary subsidies.

Objective setting has sometimes been seen to be distortionary.

But there is a contradiction between these arguments: if controls have no effect, how can they be distortionary?

One is that somehow asset purchases have a more negative distortionary impact.

Needless to say, this anomalous treatment will have a distortionary impact on the car market.

The economic cost would be about $1.6 billion, flowing from the distortionary impacts of raising the revenue.

However, we must also learn from the mistakes of the past so such measures should be targeted and avoid creating new distortionary effects.

If the revenues are used to reduce other distortionary taxes, this can improve the efficiency of the tax.

As a result it is complex and distortionary.

He urges government to clear away "ad hoc" distortionary programs.

Taxes are generally distortionary and tend to reduce efficiency.

SA should move to more secure, less distortionary, taxes including land tax without exemption.

Export subsidies are among the most distortionary of trade policies impinging on the world sugar market.

The transition team memo said that the government could use the revenue to "offset distortionary taxes on labor or capital."

It is relatively easy to raise significant revenue without having significant distortionary or discouraging effects.

Except for taxes designed to offset externalities, taxes are generally distortionary.

The nail in the coffin of the 50p tax was the second effect: the Revenue estimate of other distortionary effects from the rate.

Complaints from emerging-market policymakers about the distortionary effects of the advanced countries’ policies were largely ignored.

Unlike corporate income taxes, capital taxes must be paid even if the investment is not profitable, which makes them more distortionary.

Because barriers to entry protect incumbent firms and restrict competition in a market, they can contribute to distortionary prices.