Microsimulation models of the LOTTE system are key tools for tax policy-making in Norway and are extensively used in the budget process. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the different modules in the LOTTE family - a non-behavioral tax-benefit model for personal income tax...

Given a settled reduction in the present level of tax revenue, and by exploring a very large combinatorial space of tax structures, in this paper we employ a genetic algorithm in order to determine the ‘best' structure of a real world personal income tax that allows for the maximization of the...

Using a series of Pakistani tax reforms and administrative records, I document that taxable income responses induced by to-zero tax cuts are orders of magnitude larger than ones induced by similar-sized other cuts. This finding is remarkably robust to alternative specifications and holds for...

The primary objective of this paper is to examine how, and to what extent, changes in income tax rates and income tax deductions affect income inequality from a longitudinal perspective, by using microdata of Japanese individuals and households. The findings of this paper could shed light on the...

Die Studie untersucht vier Reformoptionen, die zu einer Entlastung geringer und mittlerer Einkommen bei gleichzeitig moderater Belastung höherer Einkommen führen. Der Solidaritätszuschlag wird abgeschafft. Der Grundfreibetrag und der Eingangssteuersatz bleiben in allen Varianten unverändert....

Background: The article evaluates the influence of the type of nominal personal income tax rate on its progressivity. This is examined in the Czech Republic in the period 1993-2020. Between 1993 and 2007, the nominal tax rate was progressive, while from 2008 until the end of 2020, the nominal...

Microsimulation based on income tax statistics may be useful in tax reform discussions. Unfortunately, access to appropriate data is still rather restricted and expensive for ad-hoc analyses, or individual data is often even not available at all. In this paper we take Germany and its data...

In diesem Beitrag analysieren wir den aktuellen Einkommensteuervorschlag von Paul Kirchhof im Hinblick auf Zielkonflikte zwischen Steueraufkommen, Verteilungswirkungen und Effizienzgesichtspunkten. Wir kommen zu dem Ergebnis, dass der aktuelle Kirchhof-Vorschlag politisch kaum durchsetzbar sein...