There are at least two reasons why taxation of corporate groups in Europe calls for reform. Firstly, differences are to be found between the tax treatment of a corporate group and that of a single legal entity. Secondly, foreign subsidiaries are often subject to different tax treatment than...

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 investigates the impact of dividend taxes on equity mutual fund investments, using the 2018 German Investment Tax Reform as a unique case study. This reform eliminated the foreign tax credit for German fund investors, thereby introducing a new tax planning channel for German equity...

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...

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...