This paper provides formulas for optimal top marginal tax rates when couples are taxed according to income splitting between spouses, consumption is taxed, and the skill distribution is unbounded. Optimal top marginal income tax rates are computed for Germany using a dataset that includes the...

In der Regierungskoalition wird eine Abschaffung des ermäßigten Mehrwertsteuersatzes diskutiert. Umstritten ist, ob die Steuerermäßigungen für Grundnahrungsmittel und Kulturgüter erhalten bleiben sollen. Simulationsanalysen des DIW Berlin zeigen, dass die Mehrwertsteuer auf Nahrungsmittel...

This paper analytically derives optimal top marginal tax rates when couples are taxed according to income splitting between spouses, consumption is taxed, and the skill distribution is unbounded. Optimal top marginal income tax rates are then quantified for Germany. Estimation results based on...