05.09.2022

Inflation-adjusted Tax Brackets do not Lead to Overcompensation

Wiener Zeitung: Commentary to the Legal Proposal of the Austrian Federal Government
Is the compensation of the cold progression, as it is foreseen in a legal proposal of the Austrian federal government, a systematic overcompensation of the tax gains achieved by the cold progression? "No", stated Simon Loretz (WIFO), Susanne Forstner, Michael Reiter (IHS) and Ludwig Strohner (EcoAustria) in a joint commentary in the Wiener Zeitung.

Please read the full article here (in German).

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