Group taxation, asymmetric taxation and cross-border investment incentives in Austria

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In 2005, Austria modified its group taxation regime and now provides an option for crossborder loss-offset. We analyse the combined impact of Austria's new group taxation and lossoffset limitations on cross-border investment decisions of domestic corporations. Monte Carlo simulations in an inter-temporal setting reveal that the impact on foreign real investment induced by the new group taxation is ambiguous. Whereas marginal investment projects with decreasing cash flows tend to benefit from group taxation, innovative projects with initial losses and increasing cash flows may be discriminated against. Investors should consider domestic income and repatriation policy simultaneously before opting for group taxation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 1506

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT) ; Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies; Capacity
• Subject: group taxation ; investment decisions ; Monte Carlo simulations ; international taxation ; loss-offset rules ; Konzern ; Unternehmensbesteuerung ; Steuerbegünstigung ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Steuerwirkung ; Direktinvestition ; Theorie ; Österreich

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Niemann, Rainer ; Treisch, Corinna
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18970
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET