Abstract:
The German reform of company taxation in 2008/9 primarily aims at a reduction of corporate income tax rates. To this extent it is in accordance with several proposals, developed by different groups within the academic community. This does however not hold with respect to its systematic embodiments. Tax competition seems to be the reason for several inconsistencies with traditional tax norms. Copyright 2007 das Autor Journal compilation 2007, Verein für Socialpolitik und Blackwell Publishing Ltd.