Presentation for the YES! - Young Economic Summit 2017 on "Optional Eco Donation " by the YES! team Alexander-von-Humboldt Schule Neumünster
The YES! – Young Economic Summit opens doors and sets a stage for new and creative ideas of the next generation. High school students concern themselves with global problems in the realm of economy, policy, society, and environment. They take on responsibility for the most pressing challenges of today and tomorrow and make their voices heard. Students aim to find innovative solutions to create the world the youth of today wants to live in tomorrow.
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Problem?
There are a lot good ideas how to reduce waste, air
pollution and the emission of greenhouse gas.
Problem: Lack of financial means
Substancial willingness to help in the population
Maybe only a Nudge is needed
A Nudge to a Sustainable
Development
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What is a Nudge?
An arrangement of a choice architecture
which influences the behaviour of people
without the use of restrictions and
sentences.
A Nudge to a Sustainable
Development
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What is it?
An optional donation of 0,1% of the income tax
Donation is determined by the annual tax declaration
Using of an opt-out solution
Receipts are administered by a governmental foundation
Foundation also decides which projects are financed
Example: Deposit return scheme of coffee mugs
Optional Eco-Donation
(OED)
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The taxpayer has to opt against paying the Eco-Donation
Disposal determined by the annual tax declaration
Examples for successfully used opt-out solutions:
Organ donation Germany(opt-in): 12% organ donators
Austria(opt-out): 99% organ donators
Occupational pension scheme(USA)
Opt-in(after 36 months): 65%
Opt-out(after 36 months): 98%
Opt-Out Solution
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Income tax of Germany
(2010)
206 billion euro
26,5 million of 39 million
taxpayers submited a tax
declaration(68%)
Earners of higher incomes
usually submit a tax
declaration
Expected Revenue
22%
78%
Receipts without tax
declarations
Receipts covered by
tax declarations
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Expected Revenue
80.000.000
Euro
Disposal of 0.1%22%
39%
39%
Receipts without tax
declarations
Opt to pay the OED
Opt not to pay the OED
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Administration by a Foundation
Parliament elects
Foundation
Council
chooses
Projects
Administration of the receipts
Annual decision which projects should be financed
Members of Parliament could be delegated in the
foundation council
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Pro
+ Financial means for sustainable
projects
+ No constraint of paying the OED
+ Less admininstration effort and
fraud risk when determining the
OED over the tax disposal
+ The average OED payed by
taxpayers amounts only 6 euros
which minimizes a possible
crowding-out effect
Contra
– The actual receipts are difficult
to predict
– Only the ones who submit a tax
declaration are involved
PROS & CONS of the
OED Concept
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Ibert, Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0; 6.3.2009
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320.000 Coffee-to-go mugs are wasted each hour in Germany
3.000.000.000 in a year
Our Solution:
A deposit return scheme for coffee mugs over return machines
financed by the OED.
Less wastage of resources
Less garbarge
Less expensive for the customer
Advertisement on the mugs
Deposit Return Scheme of
Coffee Mugs
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Optional Eco-Disposal
Vote us, because sustainable
projects only work with sustainable
funding!
Vote for Our YES!-Solution
Sunstein, Cass; Thaler, Richard ,,Nudge – Wie man kluge Entscheidungen anstößt“ Seite 241-246 und Seite 156
Destatis: Lohn- und Einkommenssteuer: https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/GesellschaftStaat/OeffentlicheFinanzenSteuern/Steuern/LohnEinkommensteuer/LohnEinkommensteuer.html
Destatis: Lohn- und Einkommenssteuer: https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/GesellschaftStaat/OeffentlicheFinanzenSteuern/Steuern/LohnEinkommensteuer/LohnEinkommensteuer.html
Rohde, Christoph ,,Auf den Becher kommt es an“ Kieler Nachrichten(22.2.2017): http://m.kn-online.de/News/Nachrichten-aus-Eckernfoerde/Eckernfoerder-Stadtmarketing-wirbt-fuer-Mehrwegbecher-gegen-den-Wegwerf-Trend