Using a simple model under certainty we show the implications of the new group relief system in Austria effective from 2005 and the reform act of business taxation 2008 in Germany on cross border marginal purchase prices and marginal seller prices concerning incorporations. The results show that...

This paper analyzes the effects of the tax privilege for retained profits of partnerships and sole proprietorships. These privileges were implemented in Austria in 2004 and in Germany in 2008. The paper demonstrates that the German government's goal of increasing the equity in German...

This paper analyzes two typical effects of tax reforms, tax rate effects and timing effects. The example chosen for the analysis is the tax privilege for retained profits of partnerships and sole proprietorships, which was implemented in Germany in 2008. Taking equity-financing and top marginal...

This paper proposes the introduction of a consumption-based corporate income tax in the European Union. Our proposal would guarantee neutrality regarding investment decisions and at the same time increase cost- efficiency. The proposal is based on the S-base cash flow tax, where transactions...

In this paper we compare the taxation of capital income in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Because of the three level taxation in Switzerland, Zug and Zurich are chosen as representative cantons and communities. First the national legal frameworks are described before the absolute tax payment...

In Switzerland, taxation on expenditure is advertised as optimal for wealthy individuals with non-Swiss nationality. Assuming an individual resident in Germany, we analyze if it is optimal for tax purposes to stay in the home country or to move to Switzerland considering variable capital income....

For decades, the German local business tax has been criticised by both economists and politicians. But none of the reform proposals has been realised until now. In this paper we analyse the existing local business tax as well as the most popular reform proposals. They include taxes on value...

Investment and finance decisions are often made under consideration of taxes. But the applied models use a very simplified tax base. This paper analyses the economic effects resulting from such a simplified tax planning. The analysis is based on a business model simulation applying empirical...

The European Union (EU) has no explicit common income tax law. Nevertheless, Court of Justice decisions have driven EU member states to adopt more similar corporate tax systems, and thus, to align the tax treatment of corporate profit distributions—dividends and capital gains.This paper...

In this study, we investigate how digitalised business models cause tax challenges due to a deviation between the place of value creation and the place of taxation. Using 90 cases identified in the literature, we show how digital technologies change business models. Based on the cases we conduct...