TY - THES A1 - Segmiller, Sebastian T1 - Sekundärer Finanzausgleich in Deutschland und der Schweiz T1 - Fiscal equalization in Germany and Switzerland BT - ein Rechtsvergleich BT - a legal comparison T2 - Recht der Steuern und der öffentlichen Finanzordnung N2 - Mit Inkrafttreten der NFA 2008 hat die Schweiz ihren Finanzausgleich umfassend reformiert und erstmals auch einen direkt umverteilenden Ausgleich zwischen den Kantonen geschaffen. Diese Reform blieb auf deutscher Seite weitgehend unbeachtet. Der Autor vergleicht zunächst die finanzverfassungsrechtlichen Grundstrukturen in beiden Ländern und erläutert das bestehende und das ab 2020 geltende deutsche System. Dem folgt eine umfassende Analyse des sekundären Finanzausgleichs in der Schweiz, sog. Finanzausgleich im engeren Sinn, mit ausführlicher Darstellung des Ressourcenausgleichs sowie des geografisch-topografischen und soziodemografischen Lastenausgleichs. Im Anschluss werden nach Problemschwerpunkten gegliedert Reformoptionen für Deutschland aufgezeigt. Der Autor plädiert insbesondere für einen nach Schweizer Vorbild gestalteten indikatorbasierten Lastenausgleich, um dem verfassungsrechtlichen Benennungs- und Begründungsgebot bei Sonderlasten besser gerecht zu werden. N2 - Since its coming into force in 2008, the NFA reform in Switzerland has established a new financial equalisation scheme with, for the first time, direct redistributive transfers between cantons. This reform has remained widely unnoticed in Germany. Firstly, the author compares the financial constitutional framework and describes the current German system and the one taking effect in 2020. Secondly, he analyses the Swiss financial equalisation in the stricter sense, focusing on an extensive presentation of the resource equalisation as well as the geographical-topographic and the sociodemographic cost compensation. Thirdly, he points out options for a reform in Germany sorted by the system’s main challenges. The author specifically advocates an indicator-based cost compensation in Germany similar to the Swiss model in order to better meet the constitutional requirement to name and justify the consideration of special costs. KW - Finanzausgleich Deutschland KW - Finanzausgleich Schweiz KW - Finanzverfassung KW - Ressourcenausgleich KW - Lastenausgleich KW - financial equalization in Germany KW - financial equalization in Switzerland KW - fiscal federalism KW - resource equalization KW - cost compensation Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-8487-4470-1 IS - 14 PB - Nomos CY - Baden-Baden ER - TY - RPRT ED - Petersen, Hans-Georg T1 - Tax systems and tax harmonisation in the East African Community (EAC) T2 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge N2 - In the first part of the report of the GTZ expert group an overview on the basics of integration and tax harmonisation within a common market is given. Chapter II. concentrates on the problems of national and international tax law regarding double taxation before the harmonisation process within the EU is described in detail. This process is not a best practice example but at least the experiences made in the course of the last five decades are interesting enough and might contribute important information for regions, which more or less recently have started a similar endeavour. The harmonisation needs are discussed for value added taxation (VAT), excise taxation, and income taxation. The problems of tax administrations, procedures laws, taxpayers’ rights and obligations as well as tax compliance are also taken into consideration. The second part of the study reviews the national tax systems within the EAC member countries. Before the single taxes are described in more detail, the macroeconomic situation is illuminated by some basic figures and the current stand of the inner-community integration analysed. Then the single tax bases and tax rates are confronted to shed some light on the necessities for the development of a common market within the near future. Again the value added tax laws, excise taxes and income taxes are discussed in detail, while regarding the latter the focus is on company taxation. For a better systematic analysis the national tax laws are confronted within an overview. The chapter is closed with a summary of the tax rates applied and a rough estimation of the tax burdens within the Partner States. The third part of this report contains the policy recommendations of the expert group following the same structures as the chapters before and presenting the results for the VAT, the excises and the corporate income tax (CIT). Additionally the requirements for tax procedures and administration as well as problems of transparency and information exchange are discussed in detail before the strategic recommendations are derived in close relation to the experiences made within the EU harmonisation process. The recommendations are based on the following normative arguments: (1) Tax harmonisation is a basic requirement for economic integration. (2) Equality of taxation is an imperative of tax justice and demands the avoidance of double taxation as well as the combat of tax evasion and corruption. (3) The avoidance of harmful tax competition between the Partner States. (4) The strengthening of taxpayers’ rights in tax procedures. Hence, all kinds of income, goods and services should be taxed once and only once. T3 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - 60 KW - centralization KW - decentralization KW - ethnic differences KW - fiscal federalism KW - fiscal planning KW - good governance KW - harmonization KW - integration KW - nation building KW - revenue sharing KW - sustainable fiscal policy KW - tax reform KW - compliance KW - corruption KW - direct taxes KW - double taxation KW - East African Community KW - indirect taxes KW - information exchange KW - international tax law KW - revenue authorities KW - tax administration KW - taxation KW - tax harmonization KW - tax system KW - transparency Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-44693 SN - 1864-1431 SN - 0948-7549 IS - 60 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg T1 - Integration, decentralization, taxation, and revenue sharing BT - good governance, sustainable fiscal policy and poverty reduction as peace-keeping strategies T2 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge N2 - The paper tries to shed some light on the problems of centralization and decentralization within an economic union and the federal member states. Integration and decentralization are not opposite policy strategies but both meaningful if the single public goods and services supplies are analyzed in more detail. Both strategies doubtlessly have advantages, which can be realized if the manifold possibilities are combined in an efficient approach of good governance. Best practice approaches in inter- or supra-national integration, fiscal federalism and taxation do exist and have to be successfully implemented. Obviously such a modern fiscal policy has to be accompanied by an appropriate monetary policy, which in an economic union has to be carried out by an independent central bank as one of the necessary countervailing powers in a democratic setting. A modern fiscal policy strategy efficiently controls budget deficits, which naturally have to be limited to finance reliable public investments. Such strategy has to be safeguarded through modern methods of budgeting and fiscal planning. Modern public management with a clear code of conduct for the government officials ensures corruption free administration. T3 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - 57 KW - centralization KW - decentralization KW - ethnic differences KW - fiscal federalism KW - fiscal planning KW - sustainable fiscal policy KW - tax reform Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27367 SN - 1864-1431 SN - 0948-7549 IS - 57 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Lkhagvadorj, Ariunaa T1 - Status quo on fiscal decentralisation in Mongolia N2 - This paper gives a review on the theoretical foundation for fiscal decentralisation and a status quo analysis of the intergovernmental relations in Mongolia. It consists of two parts. Part I briefly reviews the theories of fiscal decentralisation and its impact on the nations’ welfare considering the major challenges for a transition economy. Part II of the paper describes the general structure and scope of the government and examines the current fiscal autonomy in Mongolia focusing on the four main areas of intergovernmental relations. This paper concludes that local governments in Mongolia are still far away from having the political, administrative and fiscal autonomy. New approaches for the assignments of expenditures and revenues in Mongolia are urgently needed. T3 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - 54 KW - Fiscal decentralisation KW - fiscal federalism KW - intergovernmental relations KW - local and regional autonomy KW - revenue sharing KW - economic transformation Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-16159 ER -