[Introduction] This 2015 report of the project TAXUD/2013/CC/120 presents estimates of the effective tax rates on investment in the EU member states, FYROM and Turkey as well as Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Japan and the United States. The work presented in this report updates for the year 2015...

[Introduction] This 2016 report of the project TAXUD/2013/CC/120 presents estimates of the effective tax rates on investment in the EU member states, FYROM and Turkey as well as Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Japan and the United States. The work presented in this report updates for the year 2016...

Kann die gegenwärtig diskutierte Einführung einer Vermögensteuer zu größerer Steuergerechtigkeit führen, oder belastet sie den Standort Deutschland? Wolfgang Scherf, Universität Gießen, hält die Vermögensteuer für ungerecht, ineffizient und überflüssig. Für Christian Waldhoff,...

Ist die Bevorzugung von Unternehmenserben gegenüber Erben von Privatvermögen verfassungswidrig? Christoph Spengel, Universität Mannheim, und Frank Streif, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim, sehen durchaus Reformbedarf bei der Übertragung von Betriebsvermögen. Man...

[Objective] Every year ZEW Mannheim computes measures of corporate effective taxation in Europe based on the Devereux/Griffith methodology. The measures aim at comprehensively reflecting and consistently comparing the effective corporate tax levels in the different member states. For the...

[Introduction] The tax planning strategies of multinational corporations have been a key issue on the international policy agenda for some years now. Both the European Commission and the OECD are currently working on anti-avoidance measures to curb international profit shifting of multinational...