24-01-2019 10:30
The evaluation of the Tax Gap
Altiero Spinelli (ASP) 1G-3, Brussels
On 24th of January, from 10.30 to 12.00, the TAX3 committee will hold a public hearing on "The evaluation of the Tax Gap". The target of the hearing is to better understand the different methodologies to assess the amount of tax evasion and avoidance. The experts invited have published various and relevant articles and books aiming at better assessing the dimensions of this problem which would help policy makers to better tackle this issue.
- Draft programme of the hearing (PDF - 163 KB)
- Webstreaming/Recordings
- Registration information (PDF - 454 KB)
- Transcription (verbatim) (PDF - 308 KB)
- Biographies of the speakers (PDF - 762 KB)
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Gaetan Nicodeme, Head of Unit of economic analysis, evaluation and impact assessment support - General-Directorate for Taxation and Customs Union - European Commission and Fiscalis tax gap project group representative
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Annette Alstadsæter, Professor - School of Economics and Business - Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Petr Janský, Assistant Professor in Economics at the Charles University of Prague and author of the study on ’ Global distribution of revenue loss from tax avoidance’