Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/219807 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Institute of Economic Research Working Papers No. 24/2016
Publisher: 
Institute of Economic Research (IER), Toruń
Abstract: 
Free movement and freedom of establishment existing within the European Union institutions are the main factors which make European Union open for business activities. However, it should be noted that all EU countries have their own tax systems and fiscal policy. This, in turn, differentiates fiscal burden of government imposed onto its taxpayers in each Member State. These differences frequently distort the conditions of establishment. As every entrepreneur is willing to minimize costs, especially when their source are compulsory taxes, mass tax migration between Member States might be expected. Tax avoidance and tax evasion, being a form of tax migration, imply numerous economic, social and legal problems. The aim of this paper is to identify these problems along with their causes and effects in terms of fiscal burden differentiation between Member States. Descriptive, qualitative and quantitative analyses have been applied in order to explain the abovementioned phenomena. Additionally, the analyses have been accompanied by case studies.
Subjects: 
fiscal burden
tax systems
opportunism
moral hazard
unproductive entrepreneurship
JEL: 
E26
H26
K34
K42
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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