Über Schwarzarbeit und Schattenwirtschaft wird vor allem in Zeiten von wirtschaftlichen Krisen gesprochen. Sie dienen dann als eine Art Puffer und gleichen die Härten einer Rezession gerade für Personen mit geringeren oder mittleren Einkommen aus. Gerade in Südeuropa ist Schattenwirtschaft...

Im Rahmen des Steuerverfahrens muss die Finanzverwaltung sowohl Unternehmen für die Betriebsprüfung auswählen als auch innerhalb der Unternehmen steuerliche Risikoschwerpunktbereiche identifizieren. Traditionell stützt die Verwaltung sich dabei auf Veranlagungsdaten, Kennzahlenvergleiche mit...

Weltweit ist fast jedes zweite Unternehmen von Wirtschaftskriminalität betroffen. Neben einem Vertrauensverlust und Reputationsschäden führt Wirtschaftskriminalität zu finanziellen Einbußen und erheblichem Mehraufwand für Ermittlungen, Folge- und Präventionsmaßnahmen. Zur Reduktion von...

The paper attempts to explain how tax rates, the extent of corruption and various institutional aspects of the labour market influence the relative size of different segments (unemployment, employment, self-employment and activity in the hidden economy) of the labour market as well as the tax...

This paper applies a set of indicators of tax compliance to the household sector in Albania. These estimates are performed using available data for the years 1996 to 2003. Estimates of income declaration rates and of corresponding undeclared household income are computed using household final...

The periodically returning debates and the disappointing bargaining on the financial perspectives for 2007-2013 have led to the proposal of a comprehensive review of the EU budget in 2008/2009. This provides an opportunity for initiating fundamental reforms of the revenue side of the EU budget....

The analysis serves as the Final Report for the DG TAXUD Project 2015/CC/131, "Study and Reports on the VAT Gap in the EU-28 Member States", which is a follow up to the reports published in 2013, 2014, and 2015. In this report, estimates of the VAT Gap and the Policy Gap for the year 2014 are...

The paper is a summary of the exchange of knowledge and experience that took place in the course of the project "Mutual Learning for Reducing Tax Gaps in V4 Countries and Ukraine" co-financed by the Visegrad Fund in the years 2016-2017. Five institutions took part in the project: Center for...

The paper summarizes knowledge on tax gaps in Poland with respect to PIT, CIT, VAT, and excise. An introduction to the Polish tax system is given, trends in tax collect ability and estimates of the tax gaps are discussed, and methods of combating tax evasion and avoidance are reviewed. The paper...

CASE prepared a new study for the European Commission on the VAT Gap in the European Union in 2015. The figures offer an important snapshot of the problems of collecting VAT in the EU and what needs to be done to improve revenues and fight tax fraud. During 2015, the overall VAT that should have...