Die Rentensteuer

»The Pension Tax. Introduction of a Withholding Tax on Retirement Pensions« Due to the legislative conception of pension taxation and the pension increases over the past years, the number of pensioners who are obligated to file tax returns is steadily rising. The paper takes this as an occasion to develop a withholding tax on retirement pensions, which can relieve both the fiscal administration and the pensioners while at the same time keeping the burden on the deductors to a minimum.