In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. An important aim of this tax reform was to improve work incentives and, thereby, foster employment. Drawing on data of the German Socio...

In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. Drawing on data of the GSOEP, we analyze the distributional and fiscal effects of the tax reform. Our analysis employs microsimulation...

We analyze the effects of three alternative proposals to reform the taxation of families relative to the current German system of joint taxation of couples and child allowances: a French-type family splitting and two full family splitting proposals. The empirical analysis of the effects of these...

Seit langem werden Reformen des Ehegattensplittings bei der Einkommensteuerdiskutiert, zuletzt während der Koalitionsverhandlungen im Oktober 2002. Das DIW Berlin hat die Aufkommens- und Belastungswirkungen des gegenwärtigen Splittingverfahrens und von alternativen Formen der...

Das Mikrosimulationsmodell zur Unternehmensbesteuerung BizTax des DIW Berlin basiert auf fortgeschriebenen Einzeldaten der Gewerbesteuerstatistik. Damit können erstmals die Aufkommens- und Verteilungswirkungen der Unternehmensbesteuerung repräsentativ und realitätsnah beschrieben werden....

In order to calculate the burden of a comprehensive and progressive income tax falling on a certain income source, an apportionment scheme for the entire tax burden has to be chosen. This raises the question of how to deal with losses, which is relevant for Germany in view of the heavy losses...