This article is a commentary on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Vodafone case, C-74/78 on progressive turnover taxes.In our view, the Court’s decision provides clarifications for ascertaining the compatibility of domestic turnover taxes with the fundamental...

With acknowledgment of the growing popularity of the trust as an effective taxation planning vehicle, this article explores various principles of taxing trusts under the Land and Income Tax Act 1956. The author first analyses the requirements of sections 155(a) and 155(b) of the Act and the...

When consumers have questions about companies' services and products, whether medical insurance, airline tickets or home appliances, they almost always encounter automated agents and other forms of customer service technology. Increasingly, tax authorities have begun to offer online...

Taxing the Rich draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two centuries to provide the broadest and most in-depth history of progressive taxation available. Scheve and Stasavage explore the intellectual and political debates surrounding the taxation of the wealthy while...

"Abstract: A notable feature and principal virtue of Tax by Design is its system-wide perspective on different elements of the tax system. This review essay builds on this trait and offers a more explicit foundation for the report's general approach, drawing on a distribution-neutral methodology...

Die betriebswirtschaftliche Steuerforschung hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten herausgearbeitet,wie Zeiteffekte (Zinseffekte) und Progressionseffekte bei der Steuerbilanzpolitik und bei derAusschüttungspolitik von Kapitalgesellschaften zusammenspielen.1 Nun hat der Gesetzgebereinen neuen, besonders...

Previous research argues that law expresses social values and could, therefore, influence individual behavior independently of enforcement and penalization. Using three laboratory experiments on tax avoidance and evasion, we study how legality affects individuals' decisions. We find that,...