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, introducing an inverted tax credit system, levying withholding taxes on all interest and royalty payments and levying withholding … taxes as an anti-avoidance regulation. We calculate the tax revenue effects of introducing a minimum withholding tax on … would increase tax revenue in particular in high-tax countries. Revenue redistribution would only arise if withholding taxes …
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Ongoing tax reform processes, competitive pressures and the consequences of the financial and sovereign debt crisis have considerably shaped the tax systems of the Member States of the European Union in the last two decades. Our paper combines a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the...
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This paper discusses the impact and the appropriateness of tax incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union. First, we provide a survey of implemented tax incentives specifically targeted at SMEs in the 28 EU Member States. Building hereon, we measure the impact...
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The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we want to examine whether and if so, to what extent, the concept of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) meets the requirements of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) for the EU-wide activities of multinationals as proposed by...
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emission taxes and emissions trading in qualitative and quantitative terms within a partial equilibrium framework for the EU … domestic energy or carbon taxes will abate inefficiently much while other firms within the EU ETS will benefit from lower … international emission permit prices. The same logic disproves the argument that additional national emission taxes will reduce …
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Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising from tax competition. This paper further explores the conditions under which local grant systems enforced by the state government will enhance efficiency. A system of...
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Within the EU the relation between financial and tax accounting will be significantly influenced by the regulation adopted in June 2002 that obliges all listed companies to prepare their consolidated accounts according to International Accounting Standards / International Financial Reporting...
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With (automatic) exchange of tax information among countries now common, tax evaders have had to find new ways to hide their offshore holdings. One such way are citizenship-by-investment programs, which offer foreigners a new passport for a local investment or a fixed fee. We show analytically...
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Previous literature concludes that replacing wage taxation by taxes on a fixed factor or its rents benefits future … reduce wage taxes. In particular, a shift in the tax mix may yield an intergenerational Pareto-improvement when the initially …
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Tax legislation, fiscal authorities, and tax courts create tax uncertainty by frequent tax reforms and various different interpretations of the tax law. Moreover, investors generate model-specific tax uncertainty by using simplified models that anticipate the actual tax base incorrectly. I...
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