Die Unternehmensteuerreform 2008 zielt darauf ab, die Attraktivität des Standortes Deutschland und die unternehmerische Eigenkapitalausstattung zu verbessern. Dies soll durch Steuersatzsenkungen für Kapitalgesellschaften und die Einführung einer Thesaurierungsbegünstigung für...

Die Unternehmensteuerreform 2008 zielt darauf ab, die Attraktivität des Standortes Deutschland und die unternehmerische Eigenkapitalausstattung zu verbessern. Dies soll durch Steuersatzsenkungen für Kapitalgesellschaften und die Einführung einer Thesaurierungsbegünstigung für...

This manuscript summarizes key provisions of the so-called "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" affecting United States individuals, small businesses, estates, and trusts. It does not cover changes made to pension and retirement accounts, provisions applicable only to certain industries, rules applicable to...

In this article, the author reviews the continuing controversy over the Reagan tax cut. Republicans often assert that it was so expansionary that there was no revenue loss, something the Reagan administration itself never claimed. The truth is that the tax cut lost a lot of revenue, but helped...

This article discusses the origin and effects of George W. Bush's 2001 tax cut. It concludes that it was a failure except in terms of dissipating the budget surplus, which was one of its primary purposes

On January 24, 1963, John F. Kennedy sent a message to Congress proposing tax reduction and tax reform. On the 50th anniversary of this event, this article reviews the political hurdles to its enactment, which were much more severe than generally realized today

We provide historical context to assess the implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) on organizational form. We review the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA86) to assess the extent of organizational form changes in response to changing tax incentives and the effects of those...

There is no consensus on how strongly the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has stimulated U.S. private fixed investment. Some argue that the business tax provisions spurred investment by cutting the cost of capital. Others see the TCJA primarily as a windfall for shareholders. We find that U.S....

We exploit the 2017 US tax reform to learn about the tax-competitiveness of US multinational corporations (MNCs) relative to their international peers. Matching on the propensity score, we compare pairs of similar US and European firms listed on the S&P500 or StoxxEurope600 in a...