Value-added tax (VAT) is a tax levied on private consumption expenditures. Where VAT is levied on each transaction within the supply chain, the aim of taxing only private consumption is achieved by allowing businesses a credit to offset the VAT paid on purchases against the VAT collected on...

We use Luxembourg Income Study data to compare the progressivity of the tax structure in the U.S. and Europe. While our study supports the arguments of other scholars that the US has more progressive taxes than the continental or social democratic countries, we also present the following...

In der vorliegenden Studie "Die Besteuerung gemeinnütziger Organisationen im internationalen Vergleich" wird in einem internationalen Vergleich dargelegt, wie die Besteuerung der gemeinnützigen Organisationen in den anderen EU-Ländern sowie Japan und den USA geregelt ist. Insbesondere werden...