This thesis is focused on the comparison and analysis of taxation of real estate, which are located in the Czech Republic and Ireland. In the first and second part of this thesis, the historical development of real estate taxation in the monitored countries is mapped out, followed by a more detailed description of the current legislation on the taxation of real estate in the Czech Republic and Ireland. The third part brings a macroeconomic comparison, where the combined tax quota of both countries is compared, as well as the analysis of the development of the absolute tax collection for taxes related to real estate, both in the Czech Republic and Ireland. In the last part, using the model examples, is quantified and then compared the magnitude of the tax burden on real estate taxation in the monitored countries. First, a comparison of the Czech real estate tax and Irish local tax is compared, and then the real estate tax introduced in the Czech Republic is compared with the stamp duty introduced in Ireland.

This thesis is about the property tax in the municipal authorities. A lot of states in OECD has revenues divided into tax revenues, financial transfers and borrowing. The property tax is the one of the tax revenues. The realty tax, death duty, gift tax, real estate-transfer tax and vehicle excise duty are the property taxes in Czech Republic. The realty tax is the most important tax of all property taxes. This tax creates the biggest part of property taxes in all states of OECD. In some states, for example in Czech Republic, Ireland or Netherlands, the realty{\crq}s tax share in property taxes is 100%. But the part of property taxes in whole tax revenue is very small. The property tax is very important incomes for territorial budget in the Czech Republic. It is once tax revenue, which floats to the territorial budget.

Cílem diplomové práce je přehledné srovnání právních úprav daně nemovitostí ve vybraných státech EU. Jedná se o rozsáhlejší práci s 86-ti stranami vlastního textu. Kromě úvodu a závěru má práce tři kapitoly: I. Česká právní úprava, II. Německá právní úprava, III. Daň z nemovitostí ve vybraných státech EU. První dvě kapitoly podrobně popisují právní úpravy v České republice a Spolkové republice Německo. Třetí kapitola obsahuje přehlednou tabulku srovnání daně z nemovitostí celkem 15-ti vyspělých evropských ekonomik, kdy u každého státu je popsáno označení daně, předmět/subjekt daně, je zde uveden základ pro vyměření daně, sazby a výpočet daně a v neposlední řadě je uvedeno komu přísluší daňová pravomoc. Práce je zakončena podrobným závěrem, který shrnuje českou a německou právní úpravu, zejména obsahuje část analyzující odlišné prvky zdanění nemovitostí, z kterých jsou vyzdvihnuty možné inspirace pro českou legislativu. Práce obsahuje přehled použité literatury a to jak české tak i zahraniční.

Chapter 1: I analyze economies of scale for fire and police services by considering how per-household costs are affected by a municipality’s size. Using 2005-2008 municipal data for the Province of Ontario, I employ a partial-linear model to non-parametrically estimate per-household cost curves for each service. The results show that cost per household is a U-shaped function of municipal size for each service. For fire services, these costs are minimized at a population of about 20,000 residents, while for police services they are minimized at about 50,000 residents. Based on these results, implications are drawn for municipal amalgamation policy. Chapter 2: I review how the literature has continued to exclude the business property tax (BPT) from the marginal effective tax rate (METR) on capital investment for over 25 years. I recast the METR theory as it relates to the BPT and compute 2013 estimates of the METR for all 10 provinces in Canada with provincial BPTs included. Building on these estimates, I compute the METR inclusive of municipal BPTs for the largest municipality in each province. I find the BPT to be substantially damaging to municipal, provincial and international competitiveness. With the business property tax representing over 60% of the Canadian METR, among the various capital taxes it is by far the largest contributor to Canada’s investment barrier. Chapter 3: I estimate the responsiveness of structure investment and the tax base to commercial property taxes, taking a new step toward resolving the “benefit view” vs. “capital tax view” debate within the literature. Using a first-difference structural model to analyze 2006-2013 municipal data for the Province of Ontario, I improve upon past studies and build onto the literature in a number of ways. I find that commercial structure investment and tax base are highly sensitive to the property tax with Ontario’s assessment-weighted average tax elasticity (and tax-base elasticity) ranging from -0.80 to -0.90 at 2011 taxation levels. The results support the capital tax view of the business property tax, building onto the growing consensus that business property taxes substantially impact investment in structures and the value of the tax base.