An alternative minimum tax (AMT) is often regarded as desirable. We analyze a wealth tax at corporate and personal level that is designed as an AMT as proposed by the German Green Party. This wealth tax is imputable to profit taxes and is hence intended to prevent multiple (multistage) taxation....

This paper investigates the influence of different systems of current income and capital gains taxation on investor's decision to either carry out an investment in corporate shares or to invest funds alternatively on the capital market. Three basic tax systems are analyzed, a classical corporate...

From a tax planner's point of view, it is often attractive to choose debt over equity financing. As this has led to an increase of debt financing of corporations, many countries have introduced thin capitalization rules to secure their tax revenues. We analyze the influence of section 8a of the...

In this paper we analyze the impact of various minimum taxation concepts on corporate investment decisions. These investments can be realized in the form of either a real or a financial investment. In a quantitative analysis we refer to the future values of the investments as an indicator of...

Als Steuerbelastungsindikator findet die Konzernsteuerquote trotz ihrer methodischen Schwächen zunehmend Verbreitung. Aus steuerlicher Sicht stellt sich die Frage, ob die quantitative Messung der vollständigen und realitätsnahen unternehmerischen Steuerbelastung mit Hilfe der...

Microsimulation based on income tax statistics may be useful in tax reform discussions. Unfortunately, access to appropriate data is still rather restricted and expensive for ad-hoc analyses, or individual data is often even not available at all. In this paper we take Germany and its data...

Im Rahmen von Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen bieten Genussrechte und stille Beteiligungen eine verbreitete Möglichkeit, die Vorteile aus Eigen- und Fremdfinanzierung miteinander zu kombinieren. Aus steuerlicher und finanzwirtschaftlicher Sicht stellt sich die Frage, unter welchen Bedingungen diese...