The purpose of the article is to present a proposal for supplementing the existing pillar of voluntary pension insurance so that it becomes an important contribution to increasing future retirement benefits. The article presents recommendations by OECD experts on how to construct a voluntary...

There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes are not clear. This note reviews the general principles of pension taxes and analyses the theoretical foundations of why pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do...

There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes are not clear. This note reviews the general principles of pension taxes and analyses the theoretical foundations of why pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do...

Aufgrund der demographischen Entwicklung in Deutschland ist der rentenversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigte angehalten, neben der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung eine eigenfinanzierte private oder betriebliche Altersversorgung aufzubauen. Die Bereitschaft dazu wird seitens des Staates durch...