In the United States, unemployment insurance (UI) is funded through employer-side payroll taxes that are experience-rated based on previous UI claims. States differ significantly with respect to the financing of their programs, and a majority of state programs do not currently meet minimum UI...

Governments frequently use proxies for deservingness--tags--to implement progressive tax and transfer policies. These proxies are often imperfect, leading to misclassification and inequities among equally deserving individuals. This paper studies the efficiency effects of such misclassification...

Household consumption and welfare are more strongly associated with lifetime income, but most countries base income taxes on current income and use progressive taxes to reduce inequality and provide social insurance. Is lifetime income a better tax base for a government seeking to provide social...

Konzernbesteuerung in der Europäischen Union -- Wirkungsweise der gemeinsamen konsolidierten Körperschaftsteuer-Bemessungsgrundlage (CCCTB) -- Monte-Carlo-Simulation und Gewinnung von Zufallszahlen -- Vor- und Nachsteuer CAPM-Portfolioparameter -- Bedeutung der Steuerumlagevereinbarung im Konzern.

In its study on company taxation the European Commission proposed to provide multinational companies with a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) for their EU-wide activities. The application of the CCCTB is limited to the boundaries of the EU. For those cross-border business activities...

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we want to examine whether and if so, to what extent, the concept of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) meets the requirements of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) for the EU-wide activities of multinationals as proposed by...

The European Commission envisages putting forward a proposal for a tax reform that would allow improving the efficiency and simplicity of the corporate income tax systems. This report assesses the impact of a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) on the size of the corporate tax bases of EU...

Many countries will likely face the need to increase tax revenues, as part of fiscal consolidation, during the next few years. But how is this best done? And what are the considerations when choosing between raising tax rates and broadening the tax base by scaling back or abolishing targeted tax...

Was verbindet Selbstverwaltung und kommunale Finanzautonomie, Stadtwirtschaft und direkte Demokratie? Eine dringend notwendige Finanzgrundlage der Städte und Gemeinden, welche vom Auf und Ab der Konjunktur wie von den Verteilungskämpfen zwischen Bund und Ländern unabhängig ist. Kommunen...

This study evaluates the economic effects of corporate tax coordination in the enlarged European Union using a computable general equilibrium model and a comprehensive set of scenarios for both a common corporate EU tax base and for full harmonisation of tax bases and tax rates. Our main...