Many studies have shown that the activities of multinational corporations are quite sensitive to differences in income tax rates across countries. In this paper I explore the interaction between multinational taxation and abatement activities under an international emissions permit trading...

This paper models strategic taxation policy of home and host governments when a multinational enterprise sets transfer prices on globally-joint inputs such as research and development. Tax credit and deduction allowances, as well as no taxation of foreign-earned profits, result in identical...

We look at the tax burden on direct investment from three perspectives. The first section illustrates how the recognition of company tax planning and of the importance of intellectual property affects measures of effective tax rates. It also discusses the methodological issues that arise, such...

Many studies have shown that the activities of multinational corporations are quite sensitive to differences in income tax rates across countries. In this paper I explore the interaction between multinational taxation and abatement activities under an international emissions permit trading...

Many studies have shown that the activities of multinational corporations are quite sensitive to differences in income tax rates across countries. In this paper I explore the interaction between multinational taxation and abatement activities under an international emissions permit trading...

One of the important issues in the areas of international taxation, international technology transfer and foreign investment by the MNCs that has been drawing greater attention of tax authorities worldwide is the issue of transfer pricing i.e. the compensation paid for intra-group services to...

Transfer pricing rules in India, were introduced in 2001, however, there are issues of tedious documentation, complicated procedures, rigorous penalties. Therefore, this subject has emerged as biggest source of courtroom battles. Recently, system has been improved by incorporating APAs, SHRs,...

While some countries coordinate their tax policies for multinationals with their commercial trade policies, the practice is not universal. Many countries, including the United States, formulate tax policies solely to mitigate tax avoidance practices like strategic transfer pricing. In this...

Introduced in 2001, transfer pricing (TP) rules in India have undergone a sea change and now with the inclusion of advance pricing agreements (APAs), safe harbour rules (SHRs) and more recent rules such as APA rollback, etc. the new TP regime is aimed to reduce litigations, provide more...