In this study we examine the effect of church tax on the church membership decision using Finnish data. We present both … chance to avoid paying church tax for the entire coming year. Our econometric evidence suggests however, that the average … elasticity of church membership is roughly -0.01. In addition, we find that church membership dropped substantially when a law …

The church tax revenue in 2022 was estimated at 13 billion euros. This is an increase of around 300 million euros … compared to 2021. The Catholic Church accounted for around 6.8 billion euros in 2022, and the Protestant Church around 6 …

Kirchensteuer gibt es regional unterschiedliche Kappungssätze. Nach Auffassung des Autors begibt sich die Kirche damit in …At Easter representatives of the Roman Catholic Church and of the German Protestant Church argued for more … funding for the church, the church tax, is directly linked to income. However, for top earners an alternative tax scale …

This Article compares the modern-day German church tax to church taxes levied by the American colonies and early states … and concludes that, unlike its American counterparts, the German church tax is not wholly a “church” tax. Rather, it is …