Harmonisierung der heterogenen Unternehmensteuern in Europa? Der vorliegende Pforzheimer Beitrag möchte für Europa einen Mittelweg der Harmonisierung der Besteuerung von Unternehmensgewinnen aufzeigen. Es geht um eine gemeinsame körperschaftsteuerliche Bemessungsgrundlage und ihre steuer- und...

Die Studie beschäftigt sich mit dem Verhältnis ertragsabhängiger und ertragsunabhängiger Steuern in Deutschland und in der OECD. Üblich ist die Unterscheidung zwischen direkten und indirekten Steuern. Abweichend davon orientieren wir uns an der Frage, in welchem Ausmaß die Besteuerung von...

Die Europäische Union wird sich für die Finanzierung des Next-Generation-EU-Programms im großen Umfang verschulden. Die Tilgung dieser Schulden soll bis in das Jahr 2058 andauern. Im Zusammenhang mit dem Eigenmittelbeschluss für die Jahre 2021 bis 2027 wurde vereinbart, neue...

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 report sheds light on the size and composition of the digital economy in Finland and its impact on the tax gap and tax system. No generally agreed definition of digital economy exists, and only a few prior studies have assessed the size of the digital economy quantitatively. We measured the...

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...

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...

The paper discusses possible directions and magnitudes of the relationship between the social security driven tax wedge, employment and shadow employment in Russia and Ukraine. The first section presents a summary of the economic and institutional background for development of the current size...

In this Report, the Authors present the new Value Added Tax (VAT) Gap estimates for 2016, as well as updated estimates for 2012-2016. In addition to the analysis of the Compliance Gap, this Report examines the Policy Gap in 2016 as well as the contribution that reduced rates and exemptions made...

This Report has been prepared for the European Commission, DG TAXUD under contract TAXUD/2017/DE/329, "Study and Reports on the VAT Gap in the EU-28 Member States" and serves as a follow-up to the six reports published between 2013 and 2018. This Study contains new estimates of the Value Added...