Ein wichtiges Element des deutschen Konjunkturpakets 2020 zur Bekämpfung der Corona-Folgen ist die vorübergehende Absenkung der Mehrwertsteuer vom 1.7.2020 bis zum 31.12.2020. Nach Angaben des Finanzministeriums dürfte diese Steuersenkung den Fiskus etwa 20 Mrd. Euro kosten. Diese Maßnahme...

In the tax policy debate, differentiation of value-added taxes is often justified by distributional concerns. Our quantitative analysis for Germany indicates that such concerns are misplaced. We find that the abolition of VAT differentiation has only negligible redistributive effects. Instead,...

In the tax policy debate, differentiation of value-added taxes is often justified by distributional concerns. Our quantitative analysis for Germany indicates that such concerns are misplaced. We find that the abolition of VAT differentiation has only negligible redistributive effects. Instead,...