Johannes Becker und Joachim Englisch, Universität Münster, zeigen in ihrem Kommentar, dass die Steuerreformpläne von Donald Trump zu einer spürbaren Entlastung aller Steuerzahler, aber vor allem bei eigentümergeführten Unternehmen und Erben führen werden. Die Wachstumseffekte der Reform...

In its Public Consultation Document, the OECD discusses the introduction of effective minimum taxes on multinational firm profits (the so-called GLOBE: "global anti-base erosion" proposal). In this paper, we make three distinct contributions. First, we discuss the policy rationale for the...

The Inclusive Framework of the OECD/G20 currently discusses the internationally coordinated introduction of effective minimum taxes on multinational firm profits. This so-called GLOBE (global anti-base erosion) proposal is inspired by the GILTI and BEAT regimes of the 2017 US tax reform. It...

Auf internationaler Ebene wird aktuell über ein System effektiver internationaler Mindeststeuern auf die Gewinne multinationaler Unternehmen verhandelt, das bis Ende 2020 beschlossen werden soll. Eine Mindeststeuer könnte die Effizienz und Effektivität der internationalen Besteuerung deutlich...

If conventional instruments of strategic trade policy are unavailable, the system of foreign profit taxation and transfer price guidelines may serve as surrogate policy instruments. In this paper, I consider a model where firms from two countries compete with each other on a third market. I...

Recent empirical studies find that foreign direct investment (FDI) by a multinational firm is not associated with a reduction of the firm's domestic activities. As it is often argued, this finding may imply that a country should not tax the firm's foreign profit income since this reduces foreign...