Aggressive tax planning efforts of highly profitable multinational companies (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)) have recently become the subject of intense public debate. As a response, several international initiatives and parties have called for more transparency in financial reporting,...

In the run-up to the 2013 election, the opposition parties of the German parliament have presented several tax reform proposals which first and foremost aim at increasing tax revenue and redistributing wealth. The focus is on reviving the wealth tax-which has not been levied since 1997-and on...

Am 16. März 2011 hat die Europäische Kommission einen Richtlinienentwurf (RLE) für eine "Gemeinsame Konsolidierte Körperschaftsteuer-Bemessungsgrundlage (GKKB)" vorgelegt. Die darin enthaltenen Normen zur harmonisierten Ermittlung der steuerlichen Bemessungsgrundlage weisen jedoch aufgrund...

The German Accounting Law Modernization Act (BilMoG) represents a change in paradigm with regard to the traditionally close relationship between financial and tax accounting in Germany. At the same time, requirements on the disclosure of deferred taxes were revised considerably. We make use of...

Die effektive Steuerbelastung von Kapitalgesellschaften ist in den EU-Beitrittsstaaten deutlich geringer als inDeutschland. Aus steuerlicher Sicht stellen Lettland, Litauen, Zypern, die Slowakei und Polen die attraktivstenStandorte dar. Im Durchschnitt aller zehn Beitrittsstaaten beläuft sich...

An important source of concern about corporation tax regimes within the European Union is the extent to which differences in regimes between member states generate production inefficiency. This paper analyzes the tax regimes in the 15 EU member states. It identifies the extent to which they...