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Základní problémy v oblasti investičních fondů z hlediska daňové zátěže
[Key Issues in Investment Funds in Terms of Tax Burden]

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  • Tereza Krček

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The paper shows the fundamental problems in the area of investment funds in terms of tax burden with special regard to closed-end real estate funds. Based on the characteristics of administrative costs, the study shows that closed-end real estate funds do not behave as investment funds. The study proves that closed-end real estate funds behave more like businesses that are hiding behind investment funds. This conclusion is confirmed on the basis of extensive research, by collecting data from annual reports of independent auditors of all types of funds. More than 51 percent of closed-end real estate funds indicate very high administrative costs and profit reduction by more than half. More than 17 percent of funds decrease their taxable income through higher administrative costs, and thus reduce their tax base to zero or to an absolute minimum. The study points out that if there was a tax-neutral environment in the area of the investment funds in the Czech Republic and investment funds paid 19% tax on corporate income, tax revenues for the state budget would increase by CZK 784 million per year.

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  • Tereza Krček, 2016. "Základní problémy v oblasti investičních fondů z hlediska daňové zátěže [Key Issues in Investment Funds in Terms of Tax Burden]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2016(7), pages 833-850.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2016:y:2016:i:7:id:1097:p:833-850
    DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1097
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    Keywords

    investment funds; Czech Republic; tax issues; tax law; close-end real estate funds;
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    JEL classification:

    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance

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