Current political discussions in Germany and other European countries illustrate the importance accorded to revenue and distribution effects of tax reforms. Whereas widely recognized concepts of effective tax measures can provide important insights into the incentives of taxation they do not...

Current political discussions in Germany and other European countries illustrate the importance accorded to revenue and distribution effects of tax reforms. Whereas widely recognized concepts of effective tax measures can provide important insights into the incentives of taxation they do not...

Acting in the interest of their residents, within limits imposed by Federal statute and by the Constitution, states have incentives to impose taxes on the profits of corporations owned by nonresidents. This paper presents a model within which a state, using an apportionment formula that includes...

This paper investigates the consequences of a series of alternative international tax designs on the strategy of a multinational enterprise regarding the cross border distribution of its investment and the choice of its financing behavior. We start with a world where no international tax rules...

Prof. Dr. Albert J. Rädler gibt in seinem Vortrag, den er beim D-A-CH Steuer-Kongress am 28. März 2003 in Wien gehalten hat, einen Überblick über neue Trends des europäischen und internationalen Steuerrechts, die sich im Zuge der Europäisierung und Globalisierung abzeichnen. Insbesondere...

Die seit langem kontrovers diskutierte Frage, ob es beim Übergang zur nachgelagerten Rentenbesteuerung zu einer unzulässige Doppelbesteuerung kommt, lässt sich klar beantworten. Wenn die Sonderausgaben, die in der Rentenphase aus den Beiträgen zur gesetzlichen Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung...

The article assesses the impact of a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) as promoted by the European Commission and the related Working Groups on the effective tax burdens of companies in all 27 EU member states. The results shall help to evaluate the economic consequences of introducing a...

The German corporate tax reform of 2008 has brought about important cuts in corporate tax rates, which were at the same time accompanied by significant changes in the determination of the tax base for both major German corporate taxes - corporate income tax and trade tax. The reform followed the...