tax in Germany is going on. With respect to the r educed top tax rate of 42 percent in a meantime and now 45 percent high … income earners seem to be privileged. However, focusing solely on the top income tax rate is an inadequate limitation of the … redistributive effects of the income tax are ignored. Furthermore, defining income brackets in nominal terms has an entirely …

social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the …

. The paper simulates the new rules and shows how the tax burden is affected. Simulation is based on representative cost …The German corporate tax reform of 2008 has brought significant changes for determining the tax base of the trade tax … data of the manufacturing sector in 2006. The results show that the goals of the corporate tax reform are missed. The total …