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Fiscal consequences of corporate tax avoidance

We study the consequences of multinational tax avoidance on the structure of government tax revenues. To motivate our analysis, we show that countries with high revenue losses due to profit shifting have lower corporate tax revenues and rates and higher indirect tax revenues and rates. To establish causality, we use German municipal data and analyse how changes in municipal trade tax rates levied on corporate profits affect local tax revenue structure. Following a trade tax rate increase, we find that municipalities with high exposure to aggressive multinationals experience a significant decline in trade tax revenue levels and shares.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IES Working Paper ; No. 13/2023

Classification
Wirtschaft
Fiscal Policy
Tax Evasion and Avoidance
State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
Subject
Corporate Tax Avoidance
Profit Shifting
Multinational Corporations
Government Tax Revenue Structure

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bilicka, Katarzyna
Dubinina, Evgeniya
Janský, Petr
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)
(where)
Prague
(when)
2023

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Bilicka, Katarzyna
  • Dubinina, Evgeniya
  • Janský, Petr
  • Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)

Time of origin

  • 2023

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