Arbeitspapier

Neutrality-based effective tax rates

Effective tax rates (ETRs) are designed to indicate the influence of taxes on investments. Existing ETR models fail to generate ETRs that can be compared to a constant yardstick and to other ETRs. This paper develops a new ETR approach based on neutral tax systems. Integration of neutral taxation into the computation of ETRs overcomes the problem of traditional numerical concepts: Comparison of the new ETR and the statutory tax rate as a constant yardstick reveals preferential or discriminatory taxation of investments. Moreover, the comparison of different ETRs displays which investment is distorted to a higher or lower degree.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 249

Classification
Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Firm
Subject
Effective Tax Rate
Neutral Tax System
Tax Distortion
Investment
Steuerbelastung
Besteuerungsgrundsatz
Investition
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Knirsch, Deborah
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
(where)
Tübingen
(when)
2002

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-18841
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Knirsch, Deborah
  • Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Time of origin

  • 2002

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