Deutschland ist kein Niedrigsteuerland – eine Replik auf den Beitrag von Hettich und Schmidtund ein Beitrag zur (Er‐)Klärung der Methoden zur Messung der Unternehmenssteuerbelastung

A recent article presents effective corporate tax burdens for a number of countries. Its authors conclude that Germany can be considered to be a low tax country by international comparison, and that a tax reform which aims at reducing the effective tax burden on German corporations is not necessary....

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Published inPerspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik : PWP : eine Zeitschrift des Vereins für Socialpolitik Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 123 - 136
Main Authors Gutekunst, Gerd, Rico A., Hermann, Und Lothar, Lammersen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.02.2003
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Summary:A recent article presents effective corporate tax burdens for a number of countries. Its authors conclude that Germany can be considered to be a low tax country by international comparison, and that a tax reform which aims at reducing the effective tax burden on German corporations is not necessary. In our paper, we critically review the method used for that study. In a second step, we present approaches which we assume to be better suited for such an analysis, and results generated by these approaches. We conclude that Germany cannot be considered to be a low tax country.
Bibliography:Die deutsche Steuerbelastung im internationalen Vergleich: Warum Deutschland (k)eine Steuerreform braucht
Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
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Hettich, F./Schmidt, C
2 (1), (2001), S. 45–60.
ISSN:1465-6493
1468-2516
DOI:10.1111/1468-2516.t01-1-00009