Arbeitspapier
Wealth Transfers and Tax Planning: Evidence for the German Bequest Tax
The rising importance of bequests as a source of personal income lead to renewed interest in the taxation of wealth transfers. Empirical evidence on distortionary effects of bequest taxation is relatively scarce. On the basis of administrative data for Germany, this paper assesses the extent to which taxable bequests are targeted to the tax code. I investigate bunching at discrete jumps in the marginal tax rate. While there is evidence for tax planning in case of inter-vivo gifts, inheritances do not exhibit bunching. Further heterogeneity analyses demonstrate that tax planning is highest for gifts between close relatives. While the overall tax base responsiveness is rather low, the findings suggest that bequest tax planning almost exclusively occurs for donors rather than recipients of wealth transfers. Beyond, tax planning is more prevalent for close relatives and large estates.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11120
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡
Tax Evasion and Avoidance
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
- Thema
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bequest tax
tax planning
bunching
administrative data
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Sommer, Eric
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Sommer, Eric
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2017
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