Download or read book The Effective Tax Burden on Highly Qualified Employees written by Christina Elschner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taxes on the highly skilled are an important cost factor for companies competing internationally for talent. This book provides an international comparison of the effective level of taxes and social security charges imposed on highly qualified employees. Based on a newly developed inter-temporal simulation model, the attractiveness of 7 EU member states, 12 Swiss cantons, and the United States is assessed. Several compensation packages including old-age provision, fringe benefits, and long-term incentives as well as various income levels and family situations are considered in the analysis. The book also contains a comprehensive survey of social security and tax systems in the countries studied.