Related party transactions and transfer prices have begun to be considered a powerful instrument of financial frauds as a result of the recent financial scandals. Transactions with related parties situated in tax havens are one of the principal elements which contribute to the faltering...

This article analyses the interstate dispute settlement mechanisms between member states of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund). The question as to how disputes between German sovereigns should be decided already had a long (pre-)history dating back to the Middle Ages. Article 11 IV of the...

In einem Konzern erwirtschaftete Gewinne werden mit Hilfe von Verrechnungspreisen zwischen den einzelnen Einheiten aufgeteilt und bieten damit den Unternehmen die Möglichkeit, Besteuerungssubstrat ins Ausland zu verlagern. Um die vom Unternehmen ermittelten Ansätze nachvollziehen und auf die...

This paper investigates whether transfer pricing of intrafirm sales within multinationals represents an important channel of company tax planning. A simple theoretical model, considering profit shifting activities of a multinational company, is used to obtain empirical implications. The...

This paper analyzes the relevance of firm losses for tax revenues and welfare when switching from separate accounting to a system of tax base consolidation with formula apportionment. We find that a system change unambiguously decreases tax revenues in the short run, in which neither firms nor...