Fair and Growth-Friendly Tax Policy – Reform Proposals for the Post-Merkel Era

Fair Tax Policy: The Subject Is in Focus Again

The coronavirus crisis has revived the debate about a fair and growth-friendly tax policy. In previous years, there was already considerable need for reforms – in corporate and income taxes as well as those affecting Germans' financial, business and real estate assets.

In his lecture, Professor Fuest discussed which suggested reforms can positively influence future economic development, the distribution of tax burdens and how the German Bundestag election winners’ proposals will be assessed with regard to these goals.

General Information on the Presentation

The presentation was held in German and took place as an online event.

The event was part of the series from May 2021 until December 2021:

Germany’s Economic Policy Challenges in the Post-Merkel Era

German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched a number of important policy initiatives during her record-breaking term of office. With the nuclear phase-out, she gave German climate policy a clear, albeit controversial, boost. The same is true for refugee policy – an area in which the next government must find meaningful ways to move forward. In other policy areas, she will leave her successor the task of seeking completely new paths, for example in industrial policy, digitalization, tax policy, and social policy. What challenges does Germany urgently need to address in the next chancellor’s term? What might possible solutions look like?