This paper analyzes the treatment of commuting expenses by the income tax code from a normative and a positive point of view within a continuous space framework with endogenous residence choices and perfect labor mobility. As commuting expenses should never be deductible from the income tax base...

This paper analyzes the effect of standard deductions on itemized deductions. Using German income tax data, it shows that the distribution of itemized deductions above the level of the standard deduction is positively skewed, with the mode lying somewhat above the standard deduction. This...

Die im Koalitionsvertrag angekündigte steuerliche Förderung von haushaltnahen Dienstleistungen, privaten Aufwendungen für Erhaltungs- und Modernisierungsmaßnahmen im Haushalt und Kinderbetreuungskosten sollten nach Ansicht von Matthias Wrede, RWTH Aachen, nicht auf qualifizierte...

This paper analyzes the treatment of commuting expenses by the income tax code from a normative and a positive point of view within a continuous space framework with endogenous residence choices and perfect labor mobility. As commuting expenses should never be deductible from the income tax base...

In der Diskussion um die Abschaffung von Steuervergünstigungen wird regelmäßig die Streichung bzw. die Reduzierung der Entfernungspauschale angeführt. Prof. Dr. Wolfram F. Richter, Universität Dortmund, verlangt in diesem Zusammenhang die generelle Überprüfung des Werbekostenbegriffs und...

Assuming that higher traveling expenses reduce traveling time, this paper considers reliefs for traveling expenses to work when a distorting wage tax is levied. While the decision on traveling expenses would not be distorted if traveling costs were completely deductible, taxation would still not...