Die Komplexität der Besteuerung lässt sich anhand von B¨urokratiekosten erfassen, die aus der Beachtung steuerlicher Vorschriften resultieren. Eine Analyse der empirischen Literatur verdeutlicht, dass diese Kosten mit Art und Höhe der Einnahmen von Steuerpflichtigen korreliert sind. Aus...

Die Komplexität der Besteuerung lässt sich anhand von Bürokratiekosten erfassen, die aus der Beachtung steuerlicher Vorschriften resultieren. Eine Analyse der empirischen Literatur verdeutlicht, dass diese Kosten mit Art und Höhe der Einnahmen von Steuerpflichtigen korreliert sind. Aus...

The complexity of a tax system can be measured by the costs of private taxpayers and businesses in complying with the tax law. According to the empirical literature tax compliance costs are strongly correlated with the source and the amount of a taxpayers’ income. For that reason, these costs...

This paper addresses the question of how firms react to tax incentives in a formula apportionment (FA) tax regime. Under FA, the profits of all consolidated entities of a business group are summed and then allocated according to a formula based on FA factors. We hypothesize that firms may change...

In this paper, we use an exogenous variation in tax regulations to analyze the impact of bonus depreciation programs on business investment. To promote economic convergence of Eastern and Western Germany after reunification, bonus depreciation tax incentives were granted for investments in...

In this paper, we use an exogenous variation in tax regulations to analyze the impact of bonus depreciation programs on business investment. To promote economic convergence of Eastern and Western Germany after reunification, bonus depreciation tax incentives were granted for investments in...

The paper analyses the relationship of tax compliance costs and business strategy. Due to instruments, like information technology, simplified cash accounting or outsourcing compliance activities to tax advisers, private businesses have a set of strategies to optimize their tax compliance cost...