This study investigates the effect of a Turnover-based Corporate Income Tax (TbCIT) on corporate risk-taking. TbCIT is a simplified presumptive tax levied on a firm's turnover and commonly applied to SMEs and hard-to-tax income. Using a rich sample of Indonesian firms for the years 2009 to 2021,...

Using firm-level data for 1,084 parent firms in 24 countries and for 9,497 subsidiaries in 54 countries, we show that tax-motivated profit shifting is larger among subsidiaries in countries that have stable corporate tax rates over time. Our findings further suggest that firms move away from...

It is well-known that cash-flow business taxes with full loss-offset, and their present-value equivalents, are neutral with respect to firms' investment decisions when firms are riskneutral and there are no distortions. We study the effects of cash-flow business taxation when there is bankruptcy...

This article provides an understanding of tax risk and its fundamental drivers, identifies potential gaps between tax departments and other stakeholders that may accentuate such risks, and offers suggestions on methods for quantifying and managing tax risk

We study whether the corporate tax system provides incentives for risky firm investment. We analytically and empirically show two main findings: first, risk-taking is positively related to the length of tax loss periods because the loss rules shift some risk to the government; and second, the...

We study whether the corporate tax system provides incentives for risky firm investment. We analytically and empirically show two main findings: first, risk-taking is positively related to the length of tax loss periods because the loss rules shift some risk to the government; and second, the...

Given the current Portuguese economic and financial situation, it becomes increasingly necessary to safeguard the credits of the State. Thus, this study aims to analyze the risk of tax non-compliance, specifically in companies in the sector of real estate agencies. To achieve this goal, we use...

In the economic literature the fiscal burden on financial claims is usually measured by the expected tax rate. Auerbach has demonstrated that the use of this method can be seriously misleading. This paper develops a method for defining an effective tax rate adjusted for risk on uncertain...