This article describes the concept of a property levy („Vermögensabgabe“) of the German Green Party in the context of other property related taxes such as real estate tax and inheritance tax. It explains the advantages of a property levy in contrast to a property tax. Moreover, the...

Family entrepreneurs in all honesty cannot grasp this new concept. Just now, while we are still experiencing a worldwide financial and economic crisis, which has by no means been overcome yet, there is talk of increasing taxation of assets. In recent years, small and medium-sized and larger...

The reintroduction of a wealth tax in Germany would not contribute to more fairness in terms of the ability to pay principle. On the contrary: Since wealth in form of human capital is not taxed, a wealth tax would lead to a massive unequal treatment of people with the same ability to pay. The...

Die (Wieder-)Einführung einer Vermögensteuer ist in den vergangenen Jahren erneut in den Fokus der politischen Diskussion gerückt. Der vorliegende Beitrag vermittelt einen Eindruck von den Belastungswirkungen, die aus der Umsetzung von aktuell vorliegenden Besteuerungskonzepten resultieren...

In der öffentlichen Diskussion ist die Frage, wie das Vorziehen der für 2005 beschlossenen Steuersenkung auf 2004 zu finanzieren ist. Prof. Dr. Albert J. Rädler, München, entwickelt einige Ideen und Vorschläge zur Gegenfinanzierung.

The goal of the article is the study of modern problems of the mechanism of charging real property tax and identification of a complex of measures on its improvement. On the basis of analysis of foreign experience of real property taxation the article offers a complex of measures of reformation...

Целью статьи является исследование современных проблем механизма начисления налога на недвижимое имущество и определение комплекса мероприятий по его...