The closing of tax loopholes is one important instrument for fiscal consolidation. We concentrate on the value added tax exemption of banking services in Germany. The potential tax revenue under full value added taxation cannot be estimated from national accounting data, as it is necessary to...

Intergovernmental transfers can be either conditional or unconditional with regard to the autonomy of local governments in spending such financial means. Although fiscal decentralisation has recently been quite pronounced in Eastern European transition countries, the dominance of a purpose- and...

Ziel der vorliegenden Studie ist es, die Ursachen für die schwache Entwicklung des Umsatzsteueraufkommens zu analysieren und in ihrer quantitativen Bedeutung abzuschätzen. In diesem Zusammenhang sollen verschiedene Modelle (Mittler-Modell, Reverse-Charge-Modell, Reverse-Charge-Modell mit...

The conventional theoretical and empirical references related to the intergovernmental fiscal transfer system in Germany appear to heavily concentrate on the issues surrounding the measurement of local expenditure needs of a municipality and their coverage through the down-flow grants when the...