A model is presented for simulating the tax burden on highly skilled manpower. The effective average tax rate, defined as the relative wedge between employment costs and disposable income, is computed. Income and payroll taxes and social security contributions not yielding an equivalent benefit...

In der aktuellen wirtschafts- und gesellschaftspolitischen Diskussion wird eine zunehmende Steuer- und Abgabenbelastung thematisiert. Neuen Steuergesetzen und Wirkungsanalysen von Steueränderungen hat eine Analyse vorauszugehen, die die Steuerlast einzelner gesellschaftlicher Gruppen erfaßt...

The new Personal Income Tax Law came into force in January 2007. The main changes with respect to the previous regulation are the new tax treatment of personal and family circumstances and saving returns. This study aims to quantify the overall effect of the reform on tax revenue and to assess...

This Article presents an original empirical analysis demonstrating that low-income families experience far greater income fluctuations than higher-income families and, as a result, taxation of annual income disproportionately burdens low-income families. The author proposes two simple income...

U.S. Effective marginal tax rates (EMTRs) for 2018 through 2027 are calculated for the TaxCuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). These EMTRs take account of the extension and subsequent phaseout of bonus depreciation with a methodology used by Cohen, Hansen, and Hassett (2002) toestimate the user cost of...

In this paper we present survey evidence suggesting that there exists a sizeable fiscal illusion amongst the general public in Sweden. Respondents in a nation-wide and representative survey systematically underestimate the share of an ordinary worker's income that is transferred to the public...

Despite many common features, the personal income tax (PIT) systems are broadly country specific and designed in accordance with society's preferences. The paper focuses on PIT developments during the last decade in Estonia. There will be considered income dynamics and allocation of taxpayers to...

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...

Die Steuerbelastung privater Haushalte ist auch nach der Bundestagswahl 2013 ein wichtiges Thema der wirtschaftspolitischen Diskussion in Deutschland. Die Autoren untersuchen, wie sich die Einkommensteuerbelastung im Laufe der Jahrzehnte entwickelt hat.

We report results from a survey experiment aimed at testing whether providing information on the national public expenditure to the taxpayers and whether involving them in the process of allocating tax revenues over public goods influence the level of the adequate tax rate - the fraction of...