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The inheritance and gift tax in Germany: Reform potentials for tax revenue, efficiency and distribution

open access: yesPublic Sector Economics, 2020
The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public revenues if needed, and to increase incentives to work by lowering the tax burden on labour, which is especially high in Germany, according to the OECD ...
Martin Beznoska   +2 more
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The Application of Anti-Abuse Provisions to Inheritance and Gift Tax Law using the Example of German Inheritance and Gift Tax

open access: yesEuropean Scientific Journal
Most tax systems have explicit or case-law-based anti-abuse provisions. In Germany, such a regulation was legally standardized in § 42 AO. In the past, literature and case law in this context have mostly dealt with cases from income tax law. However, as will be shown below, anti-abuse legislation also plays an important role in inheritance and gift tax
exaly   +2 more sources

Inheritances and gifts: Possibilities for a fair taxation of intergenerational capital transfers

open access: yesIntergenerational Justice Review, 2020
In Germany, transfers of assets between generations are subject to inheritance and gift tax.1 However, there are different views on whether or not the present level of taxation is high enough. Our study looks at the potential for applying increases.
Johannes Stößel   +2 more
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Call for Papers: Intergenerational Justice Prize 2020

open access: yesIntergenerational Justice Review, 2020
The Stuttgart-based Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the London-based Intergenerational Foundation (IF) jointly award the biennial Intergenerational Justice Prize, endowed with EUR 10,000 (ten thousand euros) in total prize ...
FRFG, IF (Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, Intergenerational Foundation)
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Determinants of inheritance and gifts taxation in the European Union

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management and Economics, 2023
Inheritance and gift taxation vary widely among countries in both the design and tax burden. We analyze the impact of a series of factors, such as the country’s affluence, political preferences, preferences for equity, aging ratio, fiscal standing of the
Kudła Janusz   +4 more
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Inheritance Tax Evasion in Germany

open access: yesJournal of Legal Studies, 2022
It is estimated, that between 2015 and 2024 about 3 trillion € will be inherited in Germany. Due to far-reaching tax exemptions, the inheritance tax revenue per year is only about 7 billion €.
Linseis Philippe
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Income and wealth distribution in the European Union and Russia: comparativ analysis

open access: yesФинансы: теория и практика, 2022
The subject of the study is the features of economic relations between income and wealth distribution/redistribution in Europe and Russia from the perspective of the need to overcome excessive socio-economic inequality.
E. R. Ermakova, I. E. Ilyakova
doaj   +1 more source

Competence of Tax Authorities in the Gift and Inheritance Tax

open access: yesTeka Komisji Prawniczej PAN Oddział w Lublinie, 2023
The topic of tax authorities is essential from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It encompasses a variety of questions related to the fundamental features of these institutions and to the identification of comprehensive regulations for establishing their competency.
openaire   +1 more source

Mobility of Top Income Taxpayers in Response to Regional Differences in Personal Taxes: Evidence from Spain

open access: yesEconomics: Journal Articles, 2022
The study empirically tests whether regional differences in personal taxes (Personal Income Tax, Wealth Tax, and Inheritance and Gift tax) have had some influence on the decision of the richest Spanish taxpayers to change their residence.
López-Laborda Julio, Rodrigo Fernando
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Commentary to the judgment of the Polish Supreme Administrative Court of 6th June 2018, II FSK 1525/16

open access: yesPrawo Budżetowe Państwa i Samorządu, 2019
In this study the Author critically analyses the judgment of the Polish Supreme Administrative Court of 6th June 2018, II FSK 1525/16. The commented decision concerned the determination of a tax base in case of the inheritance and gift tax.
Artur Janicki
doaj   +1 more source

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