Many EU and E&IA countries face the problem of large scale tax evasion. An increase in tax compliance would facilitate the return to sustainable public finances. Increasing tax compliance and improving tax administration is therefore an important element of the European Semester.

Findings from behavioural economics can contribute important insights on how to increase tax compliance. In collaboration with DG TAXUD, the Behavioural Economics Team at the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection will organise a workshop on the latest findings from behavioural economics and how they can be used to provide new insight into increasing tax compliance—with particular emphasis placed on the specific needs of E&IA countries. Since 2011, the BET has been advising Member States on tax issues and has become a hub of expertise.

The goals of the workshop are to: (a) identify and discuss the core problems regarding tax compliance faced by E&IA countries, (b) present results from recent field trials on new ways to increase tax compliance in EU Member States, (c) develop, in collaboration with researchers from the field of behavioural economics, new approaches for tax collection adjusted to the contexts of E&IA countries and (d) prepare networks for future field trials to test these new ideas.

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