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Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled on 17 December 2014 that elements of a law exempting successors of …
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demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyze the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to many other European countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. Using …
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The Mirrlees Review of the UK tax system, together with its companion volume of research papers, can be expected to influence future discussions of tax reform. Indeed, this can already be recognised in the Henry Review. As far as income taxation is concerned, the most substantive recommendation...
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In this paper we use a panel of 189 countries to describe the salient trends that have emerged in national personal income tax systems spanning the twenty five year period from 1981 to 2005. Using complete national income tax schedules, we calculate actual average and marginal tax rates at...
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This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems on the size of the shadow economy. By offering a new estimation framework, the paper revives the traditional electricity consumption approach to measuring the shadow economy. It overcomes the limitations...
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Germany, the top marginal income tax rates were reduced exclusively for entrepreneurs in 1994 and 1999-2000. These tax reforms …
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We estimate a dynamic structural life-cycle model of employment, non-employment and retirement that includes endogenous accumulation of human capital and intertemporal non-separabilities in preferences. Additionally, the model accounts for the effect of the tax and transfer system on work...
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Die Bundesregierung will im Rahmen der Reform der Unternehmensbesteuerung Kapitalgesellschaften deutlich entlasten. Personengesellschaften und Einzelunternehmen sollen optieren können und dann wie Kapitalgesellschaften behandelt werden; andernfalls erfahren sie eine Entlastung durch die...
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Der sogenannte Splittingvorteil wird vielfach kritisch beurteilt Nunmehr soll das Ehegattensplitting nach den Plänen der Regierungskoalition begrenzt werden. Können die Wirkungen des Splittings tatsächlich als Steuervorteil interpretiert werden? Wie ist das Ehegattensplitting aus...
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