期刊名称:DIW Diskussionspapiere / Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
出版年度:2008
卷号:2008
出版社:Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
摘要:The 2008 Corporate Tax Reform Law was passed by the parliament in July 2007. It
also reforms the trade tax. This applies both to the rate and to the tax base.
In future, not only the interest on permanent debt will be included in the tax
base, but also all interest paid as well as the financing share of rents, leases
and leasing instalments, though only at 25% instead of 50%. Since the interest
barrier will also affect the trade tax base, it is still unclear how all the
measures will affect the receipts of the municipalities and what tax burdens
they will place on the various forms of business entity. Using the trade tax
statistics from the year 2001, the changes in burdens resulting from the trade
tax reform have been simulated. Taking account of the interest barrier, the
result for municipalities is a drop in trade tax revenue. Incorporated
businesses will have to pay less due to the reform and unincorporated companies
will have to pay more.