wealth tax Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/wealth-tax/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:57:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png wealth tax Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/wealth-tax/ 32 32 Why do people oppose wealth taxes? Some new data offer some insights. https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/why-do-people-oppose-wealth-taxes-some-new-data-offer-some-insights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-do-people-oppose-wealth-taxes-some-new-data-offer-some-insights https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/why-do-people-oppose-wealth-taxes-some-new-data-offer-some-insights/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 03:35:33 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35852 Wealth taxes are present in most European countries, but they still form a relatively small share of tax revenues. Indeed, politicians keep referring to wealth as a fat tax base…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/why-do-people-oppose-wealth-taxes-some-new-data-offer-some-insights/feed/ 0 Do Italians dislike wealth taxes? https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/do-italians-dislike-wealth-taxes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-italians-dislike-wealth-taxes https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/do-italians-dislike-wealth-taxes/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2023 05:51:52 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35043 Wealth taxes have played a minor role in the tax systems of the OECD bloc: they have declined from about 7.9% of total tax revenues in the mid-1960s to about…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/do-italians-dislike-wealth-taxes/feed/ 0 Do people really dislike wealth taxes more than other types of taxes? Evidence from a survey-experiment representative of the Italian population https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/do-people-really-dislike-wealth-taxes-more-than-other-types-of-taxes-evidence-from-a-survey-experiment-representative-of-the-italian-population/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-people-really-dislike-wealth-taxes-more-than-other-types-of-taxes-evidence-from-a-survey-experiment-representative-of-the-italian-population https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/do-people-really-dislike-wealth-taxes-more-than-other-types-of-taxes-evidence-from-a-survey-experiment-representative-of-the-italian-population/#respond Fri, 07 Apr 2023 06:25:23 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35021 WP 2023-03. Executive Summary We designed a Survey Experiment (SE) to study the attitudes of the Italians towards wealth, income and consumptions taxes. In particular, we interviewed a sample of…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/do-people-really-dislike-wealth-taxes-more-than-other-types-of-taxes-evidence-from-a-survey-experiment-representative-of-the-italian-population/feed/ 0 France will soon change (again) its fiscal law, but not its fiscal policy https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/france-will-soon-change-again-its-fiscal-law-but-not-its-fiscal-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=france-will-soon-change-again-its-fiscal-law-but-not-its-fiscal-policy https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/france-will-soon-change-again-its-fiscal-law-but-not-its-fiscal-policy/#respond Mon, 16 May 2011 09:00:45 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/france-will-soon-change-again-its-fiscal-law-but-not-its-fiscal-policy/ France’s government presents a project to introduce several modifications in the fiscal law; a project to be validated by the National Assembly before the symbolic date of July 14.

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/france-will-soon-change-again-its-fiscal-law-but-not-its-fiscal-policy/feed/ 0 French taxes on wealth and capital to be reformed https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/french-taxes-on-wealth-and-capital-to-be-reformed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=french-taxes-on-wealth-and-capital-to-be-reformed https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/french-taxes-on-wealth-and-capital-to-be-reformed/#respond Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:51:02 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/other-publications/news/french-taxes-on-wealth-and-capital-to-be-reformed/ Less than one month after the final vote of the 2011 Tax Law, members of the French government are revealing that there are projects for several important fiscal reforms in the following months.

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/french-taxes-on-wealth-and-capital-to-be-reformed/feed/ 0 “Taxing wealth – what for?” https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/taxing-wealth-what-for/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taxing-wealth-what-for https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/taxing-wealth-what-for/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:59:17 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/taxing-wealth-what-for/ "An Economic Rationale for the Net Wealth Tax - Does It Exist?"- Jan Schnellenbach

"Taxonomy of Wealth Taxes" - Philipp Bagus

"Because that's where the money is!" - Daniel Pellerin

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