Tax neutrality of financial and dividend policies of the multinational with multinational ownership are studied using the trapped equity approach whereby all dividend taxes in the repatriation and onward distribution stage capitalize in the market value of foreign profits. The practice of...

The study analyses the incentives for multinationals caused by linking different national tax systems. The dividend tax capitalization hypothesis is extended to include taxes during the repatriation and onward distribution (as equalization tax) to derive the relevant cost of capital formulae for...