Gesellschafter von Familienunternehmen sind in vielfältiger Hinsicht von einer Reihe von Transparenzauflagen in besonderer Weise betroffen. Der Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Stiftung Familienunternehmen hat sich mit den verschiedenen Aspekten der Unternehmenstransparenz beschäftigt. In vier...

Albania is preparing a Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) to finance its development spending of an estimated 2.2-3.0 percent of GDP over five years. Revenue mobilization will be supported by comprehensive tax policy and administration reforms. International and regional comparisons suggest...

The harmonized European value-added tax (VAT) is anything but a modern consumption tax that taxes all goods and services at a uniform rate. As exemplified by an analysis of the Dutch version, some 60% of the base is exempted, that is, not taxed on output but on inputs. This has serious...

Farmers are often exempted from VAT for administrative and political reasons. But this means that the VAT on their inputs cannot be ‘washed out' through the tax deduction/credit mechanism. To compensate farmers for the uncompensated VAT on inputs, the EU has devised a flat-rate scheme that...