This paper provides an assessment of the potential consequences for average corporate tax rates that would result from implementation of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) as proposed by the European Commission, and of possible methods for achieving an EU-wide loss-offset for...

Im Zuge der Diskussion einer Harmonisierung der Ertragsbesteuerung innerhalb der Europäischen Union wird bereits seit geraumer Zeit die Einführung einer gemeinsamen konsolidierten Körperschaftsteuerbemessungsgrundlage (GKKB/CCCTB) von den Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Union in Erwägung...

This study examines the real effects of earnings stripping rules introduced in the European Union in 2019, which tie interest deductibility to contemporaneous profitability. Exploiting a quasi-natural experiment created by the EU's harmonized implementation under the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive...

This paper aims at detecting to what extent existing empirical studies analyzing tax impact on the choice of capital structure within multinational groups suffer from measurement error. In contrast to those studies, which make reference to statutory tax rates, I use to this end simulated...

We analyze to what extent more generous tax loss offset regulations are associated with a weaker decline and stronger recovery of firm stock prices during economic crises. We argue that an unrestricted loss carryforward and, particularly, an unrestricted loss carryback provides firms with...

Die EU-Kommission hat einen Aktionsplan zur grundlegenden Reform der Unternehmensbesteuerung vorgelegt, der missbräuchlicher Steuergestaltung entgegenwirken und nachhaltige Einnahmen gewährleisten soll. Die Maßnahmen sollen die steuerlichen Rahmenbedingungen für Unternehmen in Europa...

The article assesses the impact of a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) as promoted by the European Commission and the related Working Groups on the effective tax burdens of companies in all 27 EU member states. The results shall help to evaluate the economic consequences of introducing a...