Evolution of the Tax Burden on Individual Income by Personal Income Tax

This bachelor thesis investigates the personal income tax. The thesis follows evolution of the tax burden on a taxpayer of this tax during the period between 2010 and 2015. The basic concepts of tax theory are mentioned in the theoretical part of the thesis. The work deals with the structure and the legislative adjustment of personal income tax and the statutory social security and health insurance contribution, which have a character of tax. The thesis adjusts various model incomes of employee and self-employed to the tax base, including the calculation of the tax base, in the practical part. The work examines the burden of taxpayers by personal income tax and also by this tax and the statutory social security and health insurance contribution together. The thesis also demonstrates the impact of the individual taxation changes on taxpayers and on their tax obligations. The results of the differences between the tax obligations of employee and self-employed during the period between 2010 and 2015 are summarized in the conclusion