Anhand einer empirischen Untersuchung der Folgen der Senkung des Einkommensteuertarifs durch die rot-grüne Regierung werden die für eine verteilungspolitische Wertung geeigneten Maßstäbe der Steuerlastumverteilung und der Einkommensumverteilung diskutiert. Dabei wird aufgezeigt, welchen...

This article deals with the question whether the stylized income tax rate of 35 per cent used up to now by the IDW for valuation of companies has been properly calculated and whether it is still appropriate to use this income tax rate. The stylized income tax rate is an average tax rate,...

With an empirical study of the results of the reduction in the income tax schedule by the German red-green government two suitable scales for an evaluation of distributional effects of tax policy are discussed: the redistribution of tax burden and the redistribution of income caused by the...

We analyze the compliance costs of individual taxpayers resulting from the German income tax. Using survey data that has been raised between December 2008 and April 2009, we find evidence for a considerably higher cost burden of self-employed taxpayers. Taxable income and the demand for external...