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The paper provides estimates of the long-run, tax-adjusted, user cost elasticity of capital (UCE) in a small open economy, exploiting three sources of variation in Canadian tax policy: across provinces, industries, and years. Estimates of the UCE with Canadian data are less prone to the...
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Presumptive income taxes in the form of a tax on turnover for SMEs are pervasive as a way to reduce the costs of compliance and administration. We analyze a model where entrepreneurs allocate labor to the formal and informal sectors. Formal sector income is subjected either to a corporate income...
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When the top personal tax rates are above the corporate rate, high-income individuals have an incentive to reclassify their earnings as corporate rather than personal income for tax purposes. U.S. tax law at least imposes strict limits on the extent to which employees in publicly traded...
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This paper examines the role of minimum taxes and attempts to quantify their impact on economic activity. Minimum taxes can be effective at shoring up the corporate tax base and enhancing the perceived equity of the tax system, potentially motivating broader taxpayer compliance. Where political...
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The recent international agreement on a minimum effective corporate tax rate marks a profound change in global tax arrangements. The appropriate level of that minimum, however, has been, and remains, extremely contentious. This paper explores the strategic responses to a minimum tax, which-the...
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How did the rise of multinational enterprises (MNEs) put pressure on the prevailing international corporate tax framework? MNEs, and firms with market power, are not new phenomena, nor is the corporate income tax, which dates to the early 20th century. This prompts the question, what is...
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revenue, investment and efficiency. This paper explores these issues, conceptually and empirically. It finds residual profits … of reallocating excess profits under RPA, while adverse for investment hubs, appears beneficial for lower income … countries even when the formula allocates by destination-based sales. The impact on investment incentives is ambiguous and …
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Unilateral adoption of transfer pricing regulations may have a negative impact on real investment by multinational … multinational companies in 27 countries during 2006-2014, to find that MNC affiliates reduce their investment by over 11 percent … following the introduction of transfer pricing regulations. There is no significant reduction in total investment by the MNC …
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boost afforded by the tax and maintain domestic investment-saving equilibrium. The paper demonstrates that spillover effects … from the tax reform are positive in the long run as other countries' exports benefit from additional investment in the …
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. Second, it shows that in the presence of financing frictions which raise the cost of investment, the policy temporarily … relaxes the financing constraint thereby reducing the marginal cost of investment. This direct effect implies positive … reduces the expected marginal return on investment mitigating the direct stimulative effects …
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