Tax preparation firms advertise their services as a way to save taxes. To investigate this subject, we use a panel of German income tax accounting data, consisting of employees and other taxpayers with non-business income, to explore the relationship between expenses for tax preparation and tax...

Die unterschiedliche Behandlung der Entlohnung von Beamten und Angestellten insbesondere bei der Sozialversicherung führt dazu, dass bei übereinstimmendem Nettogehalt die Bruttoentlohnung von Beamten unter der Bruttoentlohnung von Angestellten liegt. In dem Beitrag werden die...

In this paper we apply conjoint analysis as an empirical method to study the influence of tax labeling and tax earmarking on the perceived tax burden. As reference for the individual behavior we use the model of a rational utility maximizer described by the economic theory. We determine a...