Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146457 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-661
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
In this paper, the author examines the current structure of the tax system for hydrocarbon production in Trinidad and Tobago in light of global trends in hydrocarbon taxation. Some of the main features of the tax regime are compared and benchmarked against what the literature has defined as best practices. The author calculates marginal effective tax rates, given assumptions of oil and gas prices and changes in tax incentives, and finds that tax levels are relatively adequate from an international perspective. Some of the more recent tax incentives, although helpful in terms of cash flow relief for companies, do not make as big of a difference to tax revenues and investment plans as do, for example, changes in international conditions when considered over the long run. Moreover, given the preeminence of natural gas in the economy, the tax system could be better modified to consider the special structural features of the gas market, while still encouraging investment in other energy sectors.
Subjects: 
energy
natural gas
hydrocarbon taxes
production-sharing contracts
marginal effective tax rate
enhanced oil recovery
Trinidad and Tobago
JEL: 
H2
Q3
O3
Q4
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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