Introduction Flashcards
Tasks of business taxation
- doctrines of the impact of taxation
- doctrines of tax planning
- doctrines of critical analysis of tax law
doctrines of the impact of taxation
Investigation of the impact of taxes on business variables, analysis of the tax consequences of business decisions
doctrines of tax planning
Development of decision alternatives based on known tax impacts and tax planning
doctrines of critical analysis of tax law
Assessment and participation in the modification of the existing tax system or in the development of new tax regulations
Taxation of income
- INCOME TAX
- Personal income tax
- Corporate income tac
- Trade tax
Taxation of property
TAXES ON NON-INCOME VALUES
- Inheritance tax
- Property Tax
Consumption Taxes
- Tabaco tax
- Fuel tax
Taxation of the use of income
TRANSFER TAXES
- Value added tax
- Real estate transfer tax
Legal sources of tax law
Tax Law Regulations Jurisprudence Administrative Literature
Why Taxes
- Raise tax revenues for covering the country’s financial requirements to implement the legal and economic order
- Raise tax revenues for covering the country’s social financial requirements. Taxes have a redistributive function
- Tax laws have a steering function in the areas of economic, social and cultural politics
Ability to Pay Principle
> Fundamental principle of fair taxation: The financial performance is the highest benchmark for the fair distribution of
tax burdens.
Principle of access and protection
Indicators for the ability to pay
Income, Property, Consumption
Equality of taxation
> Equal legislation of tax law: The equal shall be taxed equally, the unequal unequally.
Equal application of tax law: Equality with regard to the enforcement of the normative tax liability when collecting taxes
„ All men are equal before the law.“
Prohibition of excessiveness, e. g. protection of the subsistence minimum