Es wird eine Reform der Ehegattenbesteuerung vorgeschlagen, die darauf abzielt, dienegativen Arbeitsanreize beim Zweitverdiener zu reduzieren. Zu diesem Zweck soll dasEhegattensplitting durch eine Individualbesteuerung ersetzt werden, allerdings nur in demMaße, in dem rechtliche...

The employment of capital is rival in nature. Small countries do not benefit from taxing its employment. By contrast, the use of digital services is non-rival and small countries do benefit from taxing expenditures on such services. In fact, some countries have already decided to tax digital...

According to plans put forward by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, a share of residual profit earned by eligible MNEs is to be taxed by market jurisdictions. For this purpose, revenue-based formulaic apportionment of residual profit is proposed. This note argues against the use of a...

Almost 140 countries have agreed to reallocate the rights to tax international corporate profits and to introduce minimum tax rates. The agreed plan is the product of pragmatism and a search for consensus, but ambitious. It includes steps towards unitary taxation to be established by a...

Es wird eine Reform der Ehegattenbesteuerung vorgeschlagen, die darauf abzielt, dienegativen Arbeitsanreize beim Zweitverdiener zu reduzieren. Zu diesem Zweck soll dasEhegattensplitting durch eine Individualbesteuerung ersetzt werden, allerdings nur in demMaße, in dem rechtliche...

In Europe, the competence for social security and the right to levy income tax lie with the country of employment in cross-border matters. This has two disadvantages. First, the Employment Principle distorts active persons' choice of place of work. Second, the employment-based regulation of...

This paper studies second-best policies in an OLG model in which endogenous growth results from human capital accumulation. When young, individuals decide on education, saving, and nonqualified labour. When old, individuals supply qualified labour. Growth equilibria are inefficient in...