Taxation and social security are fundamentally important for modern government. Some of BIT’s earliest work showed that there were new ways of increasing tax compliance, apart from the traditional policy tools of fines and prosecutions.
We now work with national and local governments around the world, helping them to build tax and compliance systems that take human behaviour into account. This work includes ensuring that tax policies are designed in ways that are most likely to succeed (as for our work on the UK’s sugared drink levy).
Featured work
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‘Best buys’ and budgets
Evidence generation remains a minority sport
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Reaching nonprofit program participants - developing more effective tools by learning what doesn’t work
Many nonprofits strive to increase program participation but reaching new people can be challenging. The behavioural insights approach can identify which outreach tools are worth investing in
More on tax
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Behavioural prompts to increase early filing of tax returns: a population-level randomised controlled trial of 11.2 million taxpayers in Indonesia
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5 years of capacity building collaboration with government partners in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Guatemala
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How behavioural insights helped Canadians access their tax benefits
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Evaluating the Impact of a Small Taxpayer Guide on Tax Compliance
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Testing the Optimal Frequency of Tax Amnesty Reminders in Guatemala
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Evaluating the Impact of SMS Reminders on Tax Compliance
