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Complexity and Progressivity in Income Tax Design : Deductions for Work-Related Expenses

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dc.creator Löffler, Andreas
dc.creator Borck, Rainald
dc.creator Baake, Pio
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:58:18Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:58:18Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18105
dc.identifier ppn:383007305
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18105
dc.description We analyze optimal income taxes with deductions for work-related or consumptive goods. We consider two cases. In the first case (called a complex tax system) the tax authorities can exactly distinguish between consumptive and work-related expenditures. In the second case (called a simple tax system) this distinction is not exact. Assuming additively separable utility functions, we show that work-related expenditures should be fully deductible in the first case while deduction rates should be less than 100 percent in the second case. Under further simplifying assumptions, we also show that the simple system can be characterized by higher tax burdens on low income earners and less redistribution.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin
dc.relation DIW-Diskussionspapiere 409
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject H21
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject optimal taxation
dc.subject tax deductions
dc.subject work-related expenditures
dc.subject Einkommensteuer
dc.subject Optimale Besteuerung
dc.subject Werbungskosten
dc.subject Steuerbegünstigung
dc.subject Steuerprogression
dc.subject Theorie
dc.title Complexity and Progressivity in Income Tax Design : Deductions for Work-Related Expenses
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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