"A gripping account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair. Sometimes they fail grotesquely, as when, in 1898, the British...

In all OECD countries, governments collect revenues through taxes and redistribute this public money, often by obligatory spending on social programmes such as education or health care. Their tax systems usually include “tax expenditures” – provisions that allow certain groups of people,...

Many countries will likely face the need to increase tax revenues, as part of fiscal consolidation, during the next few years. But how is this best done? And what are the considerations when choosing between raising tax rates and broadening the tax base by scaling back or abolishing targeted tax...

Bei dem Bemühen, die für die Zukunft des einzelnen wie der Gesellschaft erforderliche Weiterbildung sicherzustellen, stellt sich immer wieder die Frage, ob die Weiterbildung auch durch das Einkommensteuerrecht unterstützt werden kann. Das Gutachten gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die...