The European Commission has been supporting a transition from a system of separate accounting to a system of formula apportionment. In 2011, it presented a proposal for a council directive on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB). Formula apportionment is often considered more...

Die Besteuerung von Kapitaleinkommen im deutschen Ertragsteuerrecht erfolgt nicht finanzierungsneutral. Der Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung hatte im Vorfeld der Unternehmensteuerreform 2008/09 ein finanzierungsneutrales Körperschaftsteuersystem...

Transfer pricing within multinational firms has been a much discussed issue of corporate taxation over the last decade. Politicians and tax authorities suspect a tax loophole of threatening extent as under the prevailing system of “separate tax accounting” firms may use transfer pricing to...

An Estimation of the Revenue Loss from Introducing a Notional Interest Deduction on Nominal Capital into the German Corporate Tax. Capital income taxation in Germany distorts financing decisions of corporations as the after-tax cost of capital for equity is considerably higher than for debt....

Recently, there have been various proposals in Germany to exempt interest income of individuals from progressive income taxation, and to levy a flat source tax, instead. The isolated introduction of a flat tax on interest income would have a significant effect on all investment and financing...