During the transformation process, the reform of public finances (in particular the tax system) is crucial for Georgia. There are a lot of proposals and suggestions in the financial literature concerning the introduction of tax systems in transition countries. Individual taxes or the entire tax...

Political economy aspects make progressive income taxation and taxation of capital income imperative in practise. International tax competition and profit shifting, in turn, put pressure on corporate and capital taxes. Hence, the scope for a politically feasible change-over to a status of...

I propose the replacement of our current system of individual and corporate income, sales, excise, capital gains, import and export duties, gift and estate taxes with a single comprehensive “revenue neutral” Automated Payment Transaction (APT) tax. The APT tax consists of a flat rate tax...

This paper considers the influence of taxes on the financial incentive to invest in human capital and explores the tax treatment of private investment by individuals and employers in post-compulsory education and lifelong learning in 31 OECD countries, India and South Africa. The paper describes...

It is well known that consumption-tax systems have several advantages over existing income-tax systems, such as greater administrative simplicity and intertemporal neutrality. Despite these advantages, proposals to introduce consumption taxes have only had very limited success. This paper...

Das im Auftrag des bayerischen Finanzministeriums erstellte Gutachten zeigt, dass die Vorschläge der CDU/CSU zur Steuerreform im Vergleich zum Regierungskonzept zu einem stärkeren Absinken der Grenzsteuerbelastung für Arbeitnehmer führen und somit eine positivere Wirkung auf die...

The study presents analyses of macroeconomic data related to tax cuts in the Reagan era by different economic schools and their differing conclusions, while also describes findings of panel researches used for testing the mechanism of the tax reduction. After a description of American research...

This paper reviews to what extent Member States followed the tax policy priorities put forward by the European Commission in the Annual Growth Survey of November 2012: shifting taxation away from labour, broadening tax bases, reducing corporate tax debt bias and improving tax compliance. The...

Die von der Regierungskoalition beschlossene Steuerreform löst heftige Kontroversen aus. Auch nach mehreren Runden des Vermittlungsausschusses konnte kein Kompromiss zwischen Regierung und Opposition erzielt werden, die Nachbesserungen werden als unzureichend zurückgewiesen. In seinem Beitrag...