The book offers a comprehensive treatment of tax theory and policy. It surveys the German tax system, portrays tax history, and describes principles of tax administration and the construction of schedules. Tax shifting, optimal taxation theory, and questions of tax justice are considered in...

Summary Unlike economic theories of tax law enforcement, real income tax law application requires thorough interpretation of the law and the actual facts with regard to tax purposes. The automatic assessment produced by a computer program in German tax offices suggests the existence of a...

Fragile states are characterized by institutions which do not have the political will or ability to reduce poverty in the interests of their citizen, to establish basic social security, to promote a successful development process, and to guarantee security and human rights. The regional...

Die Blockchain-Technologie bietet vielfältige Anwendungspotenziale in den Bereichen des Steuerrechts und der Finanzverwaltung. Der Beitrag analysiert am Beispiel einer Prüfung von steuerlichen Informationen den Einsatz der Blockchain-Technologie in der deutschen Finanzverwaltung. Für die...

Fragile states are characterized by institutions which do not have the political will or ability to reduce poverty in the interests of their citizen, to establish basic social security, to promote a successful development process, and to guarantee security and human rights. The regional...