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Company taxes and taxes on highly skilled labour both influence the attractiveness of a particular region as a location …
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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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This paper analyzes the impact of taxes and lending conditions on the financial structure of multinationals’ foreign … from 1996 until 2003. In accordance with the theoretical predictions, the effect of local taxes on leverage is positive for …
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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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The adoption of IAS/IFRS in the European Union is part of the European Commission’s global tax policy whose aim is to establish a coordinated corporate tax base. The paper examines the impact of an IAS/IFRS- based tax accounting on the effective tax burden of Belgian companies for eleven...
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This paper examines the factors determining vertical government structures. An empirical analysis for a panel of OECD countries indicates that apart from preferences, economies of scale, and other factors, institutions explain cross-national differences in the degree of fiscal decentralization....
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