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Effective tax rates under IP tax planning
Evers, Lisa; Spengel, Christoph - 2014
Tax planning with intangibles has become one of the most popular and most vividly debated topics in international taxation. We incorporate various intellectual property (IP) tax planning models into forward-looking measures of effective tax rates, namely the disposal of intangibles to low-tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457918
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The impact of ICT on profit allocation within multinational groups : arm's length pricing or formula apportionment?
Schäfer, Anne; Spengel, Christoph - 2003
The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) within multinational groups leads to a rising number of intragroup cross-border transactions. At the same time, transactions and the organisational structures of affiliated groups become more and more specific and, thus, less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448681
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Transparency in financial reporting : is country-by-country reporting suitable to combat international profit shifting?
Evers, Maria Theresia; Meier, Ina; Spengel, Christoph - 2014
Aggressive tax planning efforts of highly profitable multinational companies (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)) have recently become the subject of intense public debate. As a response, several international initiatives and parties have called for more transparency in financial reporting,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249636
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Transfer pricing of intrafirm sales as a profit shifting channel : evidence from German firm data
Overesch, Michael (contributor) - 2006
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003401051
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Country-by-country reporting : tension between transparency and tax planning
Evers, Maria Theresia; Meier, Ina; Spengel, Christoph - 2017
Aggressive tax planning efforts of highly profitable multinational companies (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)) have become the subject of intense public debate in recent years. As a response, several international initiatives and parties have called for more transparency in financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594822
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Intellectual property box regimes : effective tax rates and tax policy considerations
Evers, Lisa; Miller, Helen; Spengel, Christoph - 2013 - First version: September 2013 ; This version: November 2013
11 European countries now operate IP Box regimes that provide substantially reduced rates of corporate tax for income derived from important forms of intellectual property. We incorporate these policies into forward-looking measures of the cost of capital, effective marginal tax rates and...
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Spillover from the haven : cross-border externalities of patent box regimes within multinational firms
Schwab, Thomas; Todtenhaupt, Maximilian - 2016
This paper analyzes externalities of patent box regimes in Europe. Tax reductions in foreign affiliates of a firm that … specific characteristics of patent box regimes, we show that patent box regimes without nexus requirements for tax …-efficient reallocation of patent profits induce positive spillovers within multinational groups. The implementation of a patent box in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558129
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Does exchange of information between tax authorities influence multinationals' use of tax havens?
Braun, Julia; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2015
Since the mid-1990s, countries offering tax systems that facilitate international tax avoidance and evasion have been facing growing political pressure to comply with the internationally agreed standards of exchange of tax information. Using data of German investments in tax havens, we find...
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Investment impact of tax loss treatment : empirical insights from a panel of multinationals
Dreßler, Daniel; Overesch, Michael - 2010
We analyze the impact of tax loss treatment on the size and structure of multinational investments. Basically, two effects of tax loss treatment can be expected. First, firms make their investment decisions in the face of potential future losses. Then, the various types of conceivable loss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008759947
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Taxation, R&D tax incentives and patent application in Europe
Ernst, Christof; Spengel, Christoph - 2011
intellectual property (IP) ownership. Further, we employ firm-specific micro-data on patent applications of European corporations … at the European Patent Office to test reactions on changes in R&D tax incentives and corporate tax burden. We find a … and the count of patent applications. -- Patent ; R&D ; Tax Incentives ; Taxation ; EU …
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