This paper considers the relationship between two general neutral business tax structures, which we label the ‘firm tax’ and the ‘shareholder tax’. The well-known R-based and S-based cash flow taxes, analysed by Meade (1978), are special cases of these two taxes. We demonstrate the...

We use panel data for 1,218 UK industrial and commercial companies between 1970 and 1990 to investigate whether dividends are affected by taxes. Cross-section variation in the tax cost of paying dividends results from surplus advance corporation tax (ACT) affecting some firms during this period....

A study investigated the effect of the higher tax cost of paying dividends for firms in the surplus advance corporation tax (ACT) position. If taxes do have a significant influence on dividend choices, then it would not be unreasonable to expect a firm moving into a surplus ACT position to...

A Q model of investment is estimated using data for an unbalanced panel of UK companies over the period 1975-86. Correlated firm-specific effects and the endogeneity of Q are allowed for using a Generalised Method of Moments estimator. In the calculation of Q we estimate the tax incentives...

Company accounts provide a rich data source for the analysis of many economic issues. However, accounting conventions are often at variance with the most relevant procedures for economic analysis. This paper discusses three such problems: the measurement of profit, the valuation of the capital...

Corporation tax in the UK is based on an estimate of historic cost company profits. The present system was introduced in the 1984 Budget and has been in full effect since the end of the transitional period in 1986. The consequences of inflation in combination with this tax base were well known...