An alternative minimum tax (AMT) is often regarded as desirable. We analyze a wealth tax at corporate and personal level that is designed as an AMT as proposed by the German Green Party. This wealth tax is imputable to profit taxes and is hence intended to prevent multiple (multistage) taxation....

Der Beitrag setzt sich kritisch mit der Bewertung von Grundvermögen für steuerliche Zwecke auseinander. Um den Erhebungsaufwand der Finanzbehörden gering zu halten, werden einfache, auf wenigen Grundstücks- bzw. Gebäudemerkmalen basierende Bewertungsverfahren eingesetzt. Die...

This contribution addresses the substantial tax subsidies for businesses introduced by the German Inheritance Tax Act 2009. Advocates in favour of the vast or even entire tax exemption for businesses stress the potential damage of the inheritance tax on businesses, as those often lack liquid...

This contribution describes ErbSiHM 0.1 which is an inheritance tax simulation model. ErbSiHM 0.1 comprises of a microsimulation model based on the data of the German Inheritance Tax Statistics 2002 and a group simulation model employing the data of the SOEP. The microsimulation model of ErbSiHM...