Tax Credits in Switzerland: Hazards and Chances of its implementation

Tax Credits in Switzerland: Hazards and Chances of its implementation

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University of Bern

Period: 01.08.2005 – 31.03.2007

One crucial feature of most industrial countries tax-and-transfer system is the disincentive to work for the low qualified. The Swiss legislation commissioned an international expert group to assess the implementation of tax credits in Switzerland. Tax credits are successful policy instruments in countries like the U.S. and U.K.. ZEW contributes its knowledge from field experiments with in-work benefits in Germany to the expert group.

Project members

Alexander Spermann

Alexander Spermann

Project Coordinator

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University of Bern, Bern, CH

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