How did the rise of multinational enterprises (MNEs) put pressure on the prevailing international corporate tax framework? MNEs, and firms with market power, are not new phenomena, nor is the corporate income tax, which dates to the early 20th century. This prompts the question, what is...

This paper examines the role of personal income taxes in multinationals’ corporate tax–induced profit shifting. As required by corporate tax rules in most countries, firms need economic substance in low–corporate tax countries to justify profit shifting to these countries. Because higher...

Die Zinsschranke gem. § 4h EStG bestimmt das Ausmaß, in dem betrieblich veranlasste Zinsaufwendungen bei der Ermittlung der steuerlichen Bemessungsgrundlagen berücksichtigt werden können. Das Greifen der Vorschrift begrenzt daher die Nutzung des den Zinsaufwendungen inhärenten...