The present publication is concerned with the process of thin capitalisation in the countries of OECD. Two methods for financing companies are discerned in relation to this phenomenon, i.e. debt and equity financing. The tax-related consequences of the method of equity financing of companies are...

The following paper explores the issue of thin capitalisation in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries. There are two methods used by financing companies that are strongly related to this phenomenon: debt and equity financing. The tax-related consequences...

When companies finance their investment via the international markets for stocks and bonds, relief from domestic personal taxes on dividends and capital gains will not reduce the cost of capital. Some authors have shown that even for small domestic companies whose shares are not traded...