In der vorliegenden Studie "Die Besteuerung gemeinnütziger Organisationen im internationalen Vergleich" wird in einem internationalen Vergleich dargelegt, wie die Besteuerung der gemeinnützigen Organisationen in den anderen EU-Ländern sowie Japan und den USA geregelt ist. Insbesondere werden...

The inheritance tax system in New Zealand revolves around an estate duty, levied on deceased estates and a gift duty on inter vivos gifts. There is no capital gains tax. The Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968 does not contain any general anti-avoidance provisions. Avoidance of duty is common....

The Federal Gift Tax is designed to implement two competing policies: to tax gifts so as to prevent taxpayers from depleting their estates (and thus evading the estate tax) with tax-free lifetime transfers; but to tax gifts at a rate lower than testamentary transfers so as to encourage taxpayers...

This paper analyzes to what extent tax planning impacts on the level of the inheritance tax rate perceived as fair. In a factorial survey conducted in Germany it finds out that tax planning increases the fair tax rate by roughly 4 percentage points. The fair tax rate is not only determined by...

The author discusses the International Tax Transparency in Venezuela after the implementation of the worldwide taxation system. A detailed analysis is made of the law providing the legal, economic and potential consequences of the use of tax havens by Venezuelan taxpayers. Finally, the issue of...

Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit stehen die Auswirkungen steuerlicher Abschreibungen und investitionsfördernder Massnahmen auf die intersektorale und internationale Kapitalallokation. Der Autor analysiert sowohl bestehende steuerliche Vorschriften als auch Reformvorschläge (z.B....