Ziel der vorliegenden Studie ist es, die Ursachen für die schwache Entwicklung des Umsatzsteueraufkommens zu analysieren und in ihrer quantitativen Bedeutung abzuschätzen. In diesem Zusammenhang sollen verschiedene Modelle (Mittler-Modell, Reverse-Charge-Modell, Reverse-Charge-Modell mit...

In light of the ongoing discussion on the erosion of the tax base in Germany, the relation between value added tax (VAT) revenues and their macroeconomic underpinnings is investigated. Based on a highly disaggregated classification of private consumption and specific government expenditures it...

In the tax policy debate, differentiation of value-added taxes is often justified by distributional concerns. Our quantitative analysis for Germany indicates that such concerns are misplaced. We find that the abolition of VAT differentiation has only negligible redistributive effects. Instead,...

Bei der Auslagerung staatlicher Tätigkeiten auf private Partner kommt es für den Bereich personalintensiver Dienstleistungen durch die anfallende deutsche Umsatzsteuer zu einer zusätzlichen Kostenbelastung, die die Hoheitsträger bisher oft von Outsourcing abhält. Für den Bereich der...

Tax reform is a permanent topic of the economic policy debate in Germany. The paper presents a radical reform proposal (as well as a survey of other proposals) and describes some steps towards the realization of the proposal. The tax system proposed mainly consists of a value added tax, a flat...