This paper discusses tax implications of fair value accounting. We first provide an overview over existing tax systems in Europe and the United States and the use of fair value elements for tax purposes. We also discuss potential costs and benefits of implementing fair value taxation. Benefits...

In many countries, tax agencies are following OECD recommendations and are improving their services to increase voluntary tax compliance. Using a survey of 10,000 individual German taxpayers, we find that better service interaction quality (SIQ) is indeed positively associated with tax...