We analyse a puzzle in the UK corporation tax: by both historic and international standards corporation tax revenues have been high while the statutory rate has been low. Possible explanations include the following: changes in tax law that may have increased effective tax rates; other factors...

This article provides an overview of full and partial allowance for corporate equity (ACE) tax systems in practice. In the recent past, ACE systems existed in Austria, Croatia and Italy. Brazil still applies a variant of such a system and Belgium introduced one in 2006. This article summarizes...