The ongoing digitalisation of the economy challenges the international tax system. Specifically, the current rules of source taxation do not fully reflect the paradigm of taxing where value is created. In digital business models, firms often do not need a physical presence to be economically...

This paper analyzes whether taxation has an influence on the location decisions of multinational enterprises. As a tax measure, we employ a novel measure of tax attractiveness, the Tax Attractiveness Index. This index covers 18 different tax factors, such as the taxation of dividends and capital...

Since 2005, European companies have to draw up their consolidated financial statements in accordance with the international accounting standards IAS/IFRS. Due to the German authoritative principle, this might also affect tax accounts. Therefore, several scenarios concerning the development of...

We examine the “black box” of corporate tax risk management by providing unique insights into practitioners’ tax risk perceptions, tax risk management practices, and influences leading to variation in tax risk management practices across firms. Opening this black box is important as tax...

The question of why some companies pay fewer taxes than others is a widely investigated topic of interest. One of the well-known explanations is a phenomenon called tax avoidance. We develop a grounded theory model of influences on corporate tax planning through a series of 19 in-depth German...

The European Union (EU) has no explicit common income tax law. Nevertheless, Court of Justice decisions have driven EU member states to adopt more similar corporate tax systems, and thus, to align the tax treatment of corporate profit distributions - dividends and capital gains. This paper...

Der Umgang von Unternehmen mit steuerlichen Sachverhalten gerät immer stärker in den Fokus der Öffentlichkeit. Über die dafür operativ Verantwortlichen, die Steuerabteilungen sowie deren gegenwärtigen Aufbau und Aufgabenweisen ist allerdings wenig bekannt. Unser Ansatz von telefonischen...