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The interaction of various methods of mitigating economic and international double taxation of corporate source income … effective in mitigating economic double taxation in a closed economy remain useful in an open economy where the firm's marginal … international double taxation, and the precise design of these methods. …
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This paper presents a comprehensive overview of existing methods of mitigating double taxation of corporate income … rate systems, do not mitigate double taxation in corporations where the marginal investment is financed with retained … different methods have been employed in mitigating double taxation. …
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This paper estimates the role of both tax and non-tax determinants in the choice in Sweden to be a closely-held corporation vs. a proprietorship, using individual data for 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely-held businesses. While lower-income individuals face relatively neutral incentives, higher...
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This article documents a statistical association between the number and success of venture capital investments and the capital gains tax rate. To do this, we analyze investment data and taxes of 32 countries from 2000 to 2010. In our data, higher capital gains tax rates are associated with fewer...
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equity trap. In the first of these, all cash paid to the shareholders is taxed as dividends, in the second, shareholders are …
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Self-employed individuals have arguably greater opportunities than wage earners to underreport their incomes. The incentives for underreporting should be especially strong in an economy with generally high taxes. This paper uses recent income and expenditure data to examine the extent of...
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income tax and avoid the two-tier taxation on the corporate form of organization. Adding risk to the model shows that closely …
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Under the Nordic dual income tax system, the taxpayer's total tax bill depends not only on his total income but also on the division of that income between capital income and labor income. This has created new room for tax avoidance, especially for active owners of (closed) corporations. For...
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The paper shows that a corporate tax policy which is thought to be neutral may have significant incentive effects. This result is established in a model with tax advantage to debt and expectations about a forthcoming tax reform. Investment spurt effects are established and compared to those of a...
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This paper examines how the distortions caused by dividend taxation depend on whether or not shareholders can recover … shareholders that is not taxed as dividends, the other where the shareholders are allowed a tax-free return of the original capital … distortive effects of dividend taxation. …
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