Die Wertzuwachssteuer belastet thesaurierte Gewinne bzw. Bewertungsgewinne. Sie muß im System der Kapitalertragssteuern betrachtet werden, da sie eine ihrer speziellen Erhebungsformen ist.Für die Wirkung der Steuer ist entscheidend, welche Ressource ein Unternehmen zur Erzeugung von Gütern...

Die vorliegende Dissertation zum Thema „Theoretische und Empirische Aspekte der Besteuerung von Veräußerungsgewinnen“ beschäftigt sich mit den Effekten der Besteuerung von realisierten Wertsteigerungen beim Anteilsverkauf. In dieser Arbeit werden zum einen normative (Manuskript 1) sowie...

The small business Capital Gains Tax (CGT) concessions were introduced by the Federal Treasurer on 21 September 1999. The provisions are based on the landmark Review of Business Taxation. The Federal Government's intention was to remove impediments to efficient asset management, improve capital...

Capital gains taxes are likely to distort the market and resource allocations through so called “lock-in” effect, meaning discouraging trade transactions that trigger the tax payments. When it comes to agricultural land, the lock-in effect implies that the land ownership and active farming...

The tax world as we knew it was turned upside down on 13 September 2007 when the SupremeCourt of Appeal (“SCA”) announced its decision to deem the right to use an interest-free loan asan amount that accrued to the taxpayers in the case Commissioner for South African RevenueService v...

The decision of an estate owner to employ a trust as an estate planninginstrument normally involves the disposal of all or part of his growth assets tothe trust. This is done to ensure that the value of such growth assets ispegged down in his personal estate, whilst any growth in the assets...

With states facing tightening Medicaid budgets, the high cost of financing long-term care for the elderly through Medicaid has prompted proposals to make private long-term care insurance (LTCI) more affordable through tax incentives. The effectiveness of tax incentives for stimulating LTCI...

This paper examines the impact of declines in adult mortality on growth in an overlapping generations model. With public education and imperfect annuity markets, a decline in mortality affects growth through three channels. First, it raises the saving rate and thereby increases the rate of...