Project

Transparency - Tax Secrecy in International Comparison

Client: Foundation for Family Businesses
Project period: September 2018 - January 2019
Research Areas:
Project team: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Clemens Fuest, Dr. Marcus Drometer, Carla Rhode, Tanja Stitteneder

Tasks

This ifo study analyses the extent to which companies are required to publish information on their business activities and their economic success. In particular, we focus on the EU accounting guidelines and the country-by-country-reporting. We also study the publication of individual income and tax data in Scandinavian countries.

Methods

The study is conducted on the basis of plausible and verifiable facts and carried out according to the latest research.

Data and other sources

DICE Database, data from official statistics like, for example, the Federal and Länder Official Statistics Offices, the Federal Employment offices etc.

Contact
Tanja Stitteneder, Fachreferentin, ifo Zentrum für Internationalen Institutionenvergleich und Migrationsforschung

Tanja Stitteneder

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