What are most effective tax and fiscal levers to drive behavioural change to support our environmental objectives, in particular relating to net zero?

Background

Our aim is to understand how the Scottish Government commitment to ensure Scotland is net zero by 2045 will affect the tax base in Scotland, and how we can utilise tax policy to support our environmental objectives.

Next steps

Get in touch with taxdivisionengagement@gov.scot

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Scotlands tax strategy building tax principles

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