Seminar profile
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Title | International tax planning |
| Document number(s) | 271013 |
| during the semester | WiSe 2026/27 |
| frequency of offers | WiSe |
| Framework topic (content) | International tax planning |
| Target group / Classification | BSc WiWi PO 2017: Area of expertise: Business Administration |
| Number of seats | 20 |
| Language | Seminar course: German Seminar paper: either German or English |
| Venue | Internal Seminar |
| Practical Partner | No |
| Event frequency | Block Seminar |
| Completion of the term paper | Individually regulated in terms of time |
| Requirements and support | |
| Objective | After completing the seminar, students should be able to independently write a bachelor's-level academic paper in the field of business taxation and present their findings. |
| Required prior knowledge | none |
| Supportive course introducing scientific work | Mandatory We will provide you with an introduction to academic work on the Ilias platform. This includes information on the formal preparation of a seminar paper, academic literature research and evaluation, and an introduction to relevant methods (in particular empirical analysis methods, statistical software, experiments and analytical modelling). |
| Formal requirements | Guide to writing academic papers |
| General literature | Basic literature will be provided. |
| Basic literature for getting started on each topic | Yes |
| Methodology | 1. Empirical work In empirical work, you will use appropriate statistical methods to examine tax economics issues based on archive (databases), survey or experimental data. 2. Analytical work In analytical work, you will examine tax economics issues using model-theoretical concepts. 3. Tax law/normative work In tax law work, you will analyse tax issues using legal sources (legal texts, judgements, etc.) and quantify the tax burden of alternative courses of action. |
| Special software used | Stata or, alternatively, R/SPSS (for empirical analyses) |
| Recommended word processing software | No specific recommendation |
| Number of pages in term paper | 15 |
| Outline discussions | at least one meeting |
| Performance requirements / assessment including weighting |
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| Examiner | Prof. Dr. Kay Blaufus |
| Contact Person | M.Sc. Ksenia Grabka |
| Group work and assignment of topics | |
| Group work | Possible |
| Procedure for the composition of the groups | Preference-based |
| Topics | The list of topics will be provided during the topic presentation (see below). |
| Procedure for assigning topics | Preference-based (lottery procedure if necessary) |
| Type of pre-registration | Web form (registration only possible after topic presentation) |
| Temporal sequence | |
| Topic presentation | 19 October 2026 at 10:15 a.m. in room 1501-442 |
| Advance registration | until 23 October 2026 at 12:00 noon (web form) |
| Topic assignment | 26. Oktober 2026 |
| Binding registration | By 12 noon on 28 October 2026 at the latest, by email to sommer@steuern.uni-hannover.de. The registration forms for binding registration can be found here. |
| Start of processing seminar paper | |
| Submission of seminar paper | 5 January 2027 by 12:00 noon by email to grabka@steuern.uni-hannover.de |
| Submission of presentation slides | 14 January 2027 by 12:00 noon by email to grabka@steuern.uni-hannover.de |
| Presentation event | 15 January 2027 (time and place to be announced) |
