(Mis)Perception of income tax burden
Do you know what the income tax burden on a gross annual salary of €10,000, €35,000, €100,000 or €500,000 is? Or what it is on your own salary?
Read moreTaxation
Tax misperceptions – a common phenomenon in individual and corporate decision-making
Taxes are an important factor when it comes to financial decisions, such as investments, savings and financing. This applies to decisions made by private individuals as well as to decisions made in companies.
Read moreGerman Business Panel pilot study: Shedding light on how corona aid affected firms in Germany
How are firms affected by the corona crisis? Is the German governments’ support effective? The German Business Panel recently conducted its first survey and received responses of more than 9.500 firms about the effectiveness of Germany’s corona aid.
Read more(Unintended) Effects of the Common Reporting Standard
This new global standard successfully led to a reduction of cross-border deposit holdings in classical tax havens from the EU and OECD member states. However, it also presents an unintended consequence.
Read moreSurvey: Administrative burden and tax relief in the corona crisis
How are the temporary tax relief measures perceived by German firms? How do firms estimate their tax administrative burden?
Read moreHow do personal income taxes affect entrepreneurial investment decisions?
The researcher team investigated how income taxes affect the share of personal capital that entrepreneurs invest in their business.
Read moreCOVID-19: combat liquidity shortages with immediate loss carryback
Immediate loss carryback is an important measure to provide affected companies with short-term liquidity.
Read moreWhy do not all firms engage in tax avoidance?
A formal model sheds light on why some firms are prone to use the benefits of tax avoidance while others are not.
Read moreParticipating Institutions
TRR 266‘s main locations are Paderborn University (Coordinating University), HU Berlin, and University of Mannheim. All three locations have been centers for accounting and tax research for many years. They are joined by researchers from LMU Munich, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Goethe University Frankfurt, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and University of Cologne who share the same research agenda.