Nach Ansicht des bayerischen Finanzministers, Prof. Dr. Kurt Faltlhauser, muss der Druck (auf Bundesregierung und Europäische Kommission) erhöht werden, um notwendige Veränderungen voranzutreiben und die Steuerausfälle in Zukunft zu vermeiden. Zwar zeigten die bisherigen Maßnahmen gewisse...

Begünstigt das geplante Steuerabkommen zwischen Deutschland und der Schweiz Steuerhinterzieher und sollte besser nachverhandelt werden? In Ergänzung zu den Beiträgen im ifo Schnelldienst 18/2012 stellt Gebhard Kirchgässner, Universität St. Gallen, die Vor- und Nachteile des...

This article deals with the decision taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union in September 2014 regarding the compatibility of inheritance taxation with the fundamental freedoms (Commission v. Spain (Case C-127/12) and Commission v. Germany (Case C-211/13)).The authors welcome the...

The desirability of inheritance and gift taxes depends on individuals’ tax responsiveness. This paper demonstrates how strongly, and in what way, the German inheritance and gift tax influences taxpayer behavior. To that end, it combines administrative data with cross-bracket tax variation: a...

The desirability of inheritance and gift taxes depends on individuals' tax responsiveness. This paper demonstrates how strongly, and in what way, the German inheritance and gift tax influences taxpayer behavior. To that end, it combines administrative data with cross-bracket tax variation: a...

The desirability of inheritance and gift taxes depends on individuals’ tax responsiveness. This paper demonstrates how strongly, and in what way, the German inheritance and gift tax influences taxpayer behavior. To that end, it combines administrative data with cross-bracket tax variation: a...

In the European Union Member States, value-added tax (VAT) is undergoing a continuous process of harmonization, which was initiated in the 1960s by the introduction of the First and Second Council Directives and which resulted in the implementation of the common tax assessment base. Currently,...

Begünstigt das geplante Steuerabkommen zwischen Deutschland und der Schweiz Steuerhinterzieher und sollte besser nachverhandelt werden? In Ergänzung zu den Beiträgen im ifo Schnelldienst 18/2012 stellt Gebhard Kirchgässner, Universität St. Gallen, die Vor- und Nachteile des...