In U.S. federal income tax, the standard deduction, along with the personal exemptions, provides taxpayers with a minimum amount of untaxed income, effectively creating a "zero bracket amount." For historical and political reasons, however, the standard deduction also operates as a simplified...

How does the opportunity to use tax havens influence economic activity in nearby non-haven countries? Analysis of affiliate-level data indicates that American multinational firms use tax haven affiliates to reallocate taxable income away from high-tax jurisdictions and to defer home country...

Recent aggregate tests of the impact of taxes on long-run growth rates in the OECD countries remain vulnerable to two important criticisms. First, they typically use 'an aggregate average rate, or constructed marginal rate, that probably does not affect the rate that any particular economic...

Tyrimo tikslas: įvertinti atlyginimų "vokelyje" praktikos paplitimo mastus Lietuvoje. Respondentams buvo pateikti klausimai, ar jie gauna neapmokestinamų pajamų bei klausta, kokią dalį pajamų procentais sudaro tokios neapmokestinamos pajamos. Socialinės demografinės charakteristikos:...

Disertacijoje nagrinėjama aktuali šešėlinės ekonomikos vertinimo problema. Mokslininkai pripažįsta, kad dabartinis šešėlinės ekonomikos vertinimo metodinis potencialas yra nepakankamas: šio reiškinio mastas vertinamas taikant netiesioginius makroekonominius metodus, priimant...

The dissertation examines a topical problem of evaluating the shadow economy. The scientists recognize, that the current methodical potential for the shadow economy evaluation is insufficient because the size of the shadow economy is evaluated based on indirect macroeconomic methods, accepting...

Taxes are major source of public funds to finance government expenditures. Taxauthorities impose different kind of taxes and employ many agents to collect taxeseffectively. Some dutiful taxpayers will undoubtedly pay their tax liabilities whilemany others will not. The Internal Revenue Service...

This paper analyzes the links between corporate tax avoidance, the growth of highpowered incentives for managers, and the structure of corporate governance. We develop and test a simple model that highlights the role of complementarities between tax sheltering and managerial diversion in...

This research has purpose to find out the effect of leverage, return on asset, size of a company, institutional ownership, fiscal disadvantage compensation, multinational company, diversification company toward Tax avoidance of real estate enterprise enlisted in Indonesia stock exchange (BEI)....

This paper analyses the recently approved Lithuanian profit tax incentive for research and development [R&D] and measures the possible increase in business R&D intensity in the country due to the before mentioned tax incentive. Apart from this, it provides the expert opinion on the importance of...