In der vorliegenden Studie werden die Aufkommens- und Verteilungswirkungen einer Einführung der Dualen Einkommensteuer mit Hilfe des IAW-Mikrosimulationsmodells abgeschätzt. Dabei werden Verhaltensanpassungen seitens der Steuerpflichtigen berücksichtigt, die sich an den Erkenntnissen der...

In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. Drawing on data of the GSOEP, we analyze the distributional and fiscal effects of the tax reform. Our analysis employs microsimulation...

The local business tax as the main revenue source of local governments in Germany has been under extensive debate for decades. Proposals for reform range from a broad tax base in the sense of an origin-based value-added tax to a pure profit tax that could be implemented as a surcharge on...