In May 2013 the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing surrounding Apple Inc.'s international tax planning. As the first expert witness at the hearing, Prof. Harvey only had 10 minutes to summarize his thoughts on Apple's tax planning. Thus, he prepared this slide deck...

Globalization tends to open new era of transnational Corporation, where the determination of tax bases has become very technical. Tax can either be imposed on the basis of incorporation of accompany or on the basis of the income that can be attributed to a particular territory. The three main...