In recent years, a lot of rules concerning government expenditures as well as tax revenues were changed in Germany. Government expenditures in relation to GDP were reduced, income tax rates were lowered and the budget deficit declined. The structure of government expenditures changed in favor of...

The income tax rate structure introduced in 2007 was changed in 2009. The income tax rates will be lowered in 2010, too. The effects on the wage income tax revenues and on the incentives to work are analyzed. It turns out that "bracket creep" will remain a problem in Germany.

In many countries, fiscal policy became strongly expansionary in order to fight the recession. Structural budget deficits increased sharply and might remain high after the end of the recession. This would raise real interest rates and would impair economic growth. Some measures to reduce the...

Die Bruttolohnschichtungen für die einzelnen Steuerklassen gemäß der Lohnsteuerstatistik 1998 werden anhand der Lohnentwicklung und der Entwicklung der Beschäftigtenzahl für die Jahre 2001 bis 2006 fortgeschrieben. Unter Anwendung des gegenwärtigen und des geplanten Steuerrechts wird das...

Trotz der Steuersenkungen zum Jahresbeginn 2004 und zum Jahresbeginn 2005 gibt es zahlreiche Vorschläge zur Reform der Einkommensteuer. Sie zielen darauf ab, die Steuersätze deutlich zu verringern und die Steuervergünstigungen zu reduzieren oder gar abzuschaffen und letztlich das Steuerrecht...

The paper presents data on the taxation of business income in the Federal Republic of Germany in the nineties. The government's plan to reform the System of taxing corporate and personal income is portrayed and assessed. It turns out that the reform proposal has numerous disadvantages; it is...

The gross wage income distributions for different groups of taxpayers in 1995 are used to derive income distributions for 2000–2003. By applying alternative rules of taxation, revenues according to different tax rate structures are deduced. When introducing the tax rate structures proposed by...

Facing very modest GDP growth in Germany in 2001 and 2002, it is investigated if potential output will – as usually expected – grow by 1.5 to 2.0 percent until 2005. The incentives to work and to invest and their changes in the nineties are analyzed. Given the foreseeable changes of these...