Entlastungsbetrag für Alleinerziehende: Verteilungswirkungen aktuell und bei Weiterentwicklung in einen Abzug von der Steuerschuld

Stöwhase Sven () and Wilhelm Julia ()
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Stöwhase Sven: Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT 53757 Sankt Augustin Deutschland
Wilhelm Julia: Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT 53757 Sankt Augustin Deutschland

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 2024, vol. 73, issue 3, 240-259

Abstract: The governing coalition would like to translate the existing income tax deduction for single parents into a tax relief. The aim is to treat all single parents more equally, regardless of the amount of their taxable income. We use detailed microdata from official tax returns to analyze the distributional effects of both, the present tax deduction and those of a revenue-neutral tax relief. Our analysis shows that the switch from deduction to relief will benefit single parents with low incomes. This comes at the expense of higher incomes. Overall, the number of reform winners outnumbers those of the reform losers.

Keywords: Einkommensteuer; Entlastungsbetrag; Verteilungswirkungen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H23 H24 J19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2024-2016

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