The paper analyzes the effects of a source-based capital income tax on production and market structures, trade and capital flows as well as national and global welfare. The analysis is carried by means of a general equilibrium model of trade which incorporates international capital flows as well...

The semi-dual income tax typically combines a progressive tax schedule for labour and pension income with low and often flat and differentiated nominal tax rates on some forms of capital income. This paper discusses the rationale for the adoption of semi-dual income tax in the taxation of...

Seit dem 1. Januar 2009 unterliegen die in § 20 EStG aufgeführten Einkünfte aus Kapitalvermögen, soweit sie bei Einzelveranlagung den Sparer-Pauschbetrag in Höhe von 801 Euro übersteigen, einer einheitlichen Abgeltungsteuer in Höhe von 25 vH. Der Gesetzgeber hat damit das ursprüngliche...

The Dutch Parliament has passed legislation for a new income tax that abolishes the current tax on personal capital income and substitutes it by a presumptive capital income tax, which is in fact a net wealth tax. This paper contrasts this wealth tax with a conventional realization-based capital...

Nationale Steuern werden durch zunehmende grenzüberschreitende Transaktionen vor neue Herausforderungen gestellt, wovon insbesondere die internationale Unternehmensbesteuerung betroffen ist. Neue Rahmenbedingungen beeinflussen die zwischenstaatliche Allokation der Besteuerungsrechte. Die...

Why is it optimal not to tax capital income in the long-run in Chamley (1986) and Judd (1985)? This paper demonstrates that the answer follows standard intuitions from the commodity tax literature. In the steady state, Engel curves for consumption are linear in labour earnings, irrespective of...

This paper explores the taxation of corporations in the wider context of capital income taxation. The pros and cons of various income-based and cash-flow forms of corporation tax (CT) are discussed. The paper concludes that the dual income tax (DIT), which taxes all capital income at the...

This paper analyzes whether a dividend tax cut for owner-managers of closely held corporations encourages income shifting, income generation, or both. We use rich, micro data from Sweden for the period 2000 - 2011 comprising the entire Swedish population, as well as firmand individual-level data...