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Das Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrages ist die Vertiefung des Verständnisses darüber, wie das russische Steuersystem im Bankbereich funktioniert und welche Implikationen dies für die Steuerreform hat. Der Beitrag beginnt mit einer Diskussion über zwei Aspekte der russischen Wirtschaftskultur, die zum Verständnis des russischen Steuersystems von Bedeutung sind, nämlich Informalität und Übereinkunft. Daran schließt sich ein Überblick über die besondere Rolle der Banken innerhalb des Steuersystems an. Dann stellt der Autor das Steuerregime vor, das gegenüber Banken angewendet wird. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf den Aspekten, die die Banken am unzulässigsten finden. Im Anschluss daran wird die Debatte zwischen den Behörden und den Banken über die tatsächliche Steuerlast beschrieben. Der Autor geht dann auf die informellen Strategien der Banken ein, um eine Steueroptimierung zu erreichen. Der vorletzte Abschnitt beschreibt einige der formalen und informellen Methoden, durch die die fiskalischen Organe versuchen, den Steuerfluchtstrategien der Banken entgegen zu wirken. Abschließend erfolgt eine kurze Zusammenfassung. (ICDÜbers)

This article considers the implications of the tax salience literature for the United Kingdom. First, the different categories, and definitions, of tax salience that have developed in the literature are reviewed, and some of the prescriptive implications of these terms are introduced. Tax salience refers, essentially, to the capacity of taxpayers to understand legislation. Thus, the potential reasons behind tax complexity and the potential beneficiaries of it are addressed. The article considers the contribution that the tax salience literature may make to existing analyses in the United Kingdom, particularly, in the (1) debate surrounding principles-based legislation and (2) context of newly formed government offices devoted, to some extent, to considering the role and value of salience. It is suggested that it is worth heeding the admonitions of Schenk, Gamage and Shanske, and others, that 'salience' is a layered term that should be employed with specific reference to political, economic and legal contexts. It is also acknowledged that the conclusions of some portions of the tax salience literature that legislative clarity should be included only within a list of priorities for legislative drafting, and not necessarily at the top of that list, is evocative of existing analyses of 'principles-based drafting' in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and elsewhere. Neither salience nor principles-based drafting have the potential, on their own, to 'fix' the problem of tax complexity. The article, however, considers the implications of either raising or lowering salience on the list of desirable factors in drafting, in the particular context of fostering trust between taxpayers and the state.

The watchword of the policy feedbacks approach to political analysis – that politics shapes policy – suggests that the way in which taxes are designed may influence how the public feels about various levies: their support for those taxes, their perceptions of fairness, and their willingness to pay them. Hypotheses about the design features of different taxes Americans pay, including tax regressivity or progressivity, the manner in which they are exacted, their actual and perceived costs, and the visibility and desirability of resulting benefits, are examined with closed- and open-ended survey data. Taxes with more attractive design features are generally more positively perceived by the public. Open-ended responses help explain the fairness perceptions and popularity of several taxes, including a widespread belief that estate taxes constitute "double taxation" and the considerable embrace of the notion that "everyone pays" state sales tax (as opposed to the federal income tax, where some rich and poor people "get away" without paying). These results help explain why some taxes invite more ire than others.