In Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue, Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod have written a fantastic book that collects and loosely organizes a treasure trove of anecdotes about tax systems, trivia, and events around the world and throughout history. In many respects the book, which endeavors to include...

Taxes have existed in Denmark since at least as far back as the earliest surviving written sources. This paper concerns the role taxation has had on shaping Danish society alongside the development of Danish democracy

Well before the OECD's BEPS Project began, there has been an ongoing debate over whether the Arm's Length Principle (ALP) provides an adequate basis for determining the allocation of income between associated enterprises in cross-border controlled transactions, and whether the principle should...

Das Elend der Industriearbeiter im 19. Jahrhundert verstärkte den Ruf nach sozialer Gerechtigkeit und schürte die Angst vor einer Revolution. Preußen führte daraufhin als erste europäische Großmacht eine progressive Einkommensteuer ein. Mit ihr begann die Revolution der Gleichheit und der...

"In daily life and in tax law, time is taken for granted as something that is ever present but beyond our control. Time moves endlessly and relentlessly forward, constantly slipping from our grasp. But what if life were more like science fiction? What if we could, at will, move through time to...

Dieses kleine Buch liefert historisch belegte Fakten ungewöhnlicher Maßnahmen und raffinierter Ideen aus der langen Leidensgeschichte der Steuern und Abgaben, die Schlaglichter auch auf heutige Eigenwilligkeiten und empfundene Absurditäten der Steuergesetzgebung werfen. Die kurzen, leicht...

"This book addresses the negotiation of categorizations in colonial societies in Spanish America from a new vantage point: fiscality. In early modern empires (poll) taxes were a significant factor to organize and perpetuate social inequalities. By this, fiscal categorizations had very concrete...

This paper studies how the transition from self-employment to employee-jobs over the long run of development explains growth in income tax capacity. I construct a new database which covers 100 household surveys across countries at different income levels and 140 years of historical data within...

This paper studies how the transition from self-employment to employee-jobs over the long run of development explains growth in income tax capacity. I construct a new database which covers 100 household surveys across countries at different income levels and 140 years of historical data within...

The tax and fiscal reforms headed by German finance minister Matthias Erzberger in 1919 and 1920 fundamentally reshaped German public finances. The total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP, or tax-to-GDP ratio, doubled and increased continually until the end of World War II. Since the 1950s, the...

"A gripping account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair. Sometimes they fail grotesquely, as when, in 1898, the British...

"The studies collected in Ancient Taxation explore the extractive systems of twelve ancient states and societies from across the ancient world, ranging from Bronze Age China to Anglo-Saxon Britain. Together, the contributors explore the challenges of taxation in predominantly agro-pastoral...

1 The Rule of Law in the Historical Context -- 2 The Institutional Change: Historical Background -- 3 Fundamental economic indicators of the Ottoman Economy -- 4 A comparison with European societies under the State Finance -- 5 Tax -farming contracts -- 6 Law and economics of tax-farming...

This book examines the role of institutions and law on the economic performance of the Ottoman Empire between 1500 and 1800. By focussing on the pre-industrial period, the transition to industrialisation and the mechanisms behind it can be explored. Particular attention is given to the...

Introduction to Taxation -- Part I: Selected History of Indian Taxation: Taxation in Ancient India -- Taxation Under the Mughals.-Taxation in Early British Period.-Taxation in Pre-independence Period—The Salt Tax -- Part II: Theory of Taxation: Principles of Taxation -- Market Behaviour of...

The study of tax systems have been deeply discussed regarding the early modern period. However, there is a lack of comparative historical studies about the last two centuries in what respect the tax state developments. In our article we analyse the tax history of the last two hundred years for...

"This book examines the evolution of fiscal capacity in the context of colonial state formation and the changing world order between 1850 and 1960. Until the early nineteenth century, European colonial control over Asia and Africa was largely confined to coastal and island settlements, which...

Steuergerechtigkeitskonzept als normativer Maßstab der Untersuchung -- Die Entwicklung der Steuergerechtigkeitsideen und -prinzipien: von Mitte des 17. bis Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts; ab Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts und ihre Realisierung in den Steuerreformen bis in das frühe 20. Jahrhundert --...

Introduction -- A brief history -- Description of the tax -- Profile of taxpayers -- The beneficiaries -- Fiscal contribution -- Saving and labor related behavioral effects -- Other behavioral effects -- A critical assessment of the estate tax.

"During the Civil War, both the North and South were challenged by fiscal and monetary needs, but physical differences such as gold reserves, industrialization and the blockade largely predicted the war's outcome from the onset. To raise revenue for the war effort, every possible person,...