Tax Competition and Tax Coordination when Countries Differ in Size
Author: S. M. Ravi Kanbur
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 43
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Tax Coordination, Tax Competition, and Revenue Mobilization in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
Author: Mario Mansour
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2013-07-09
Total Pages: 41
ISBN-13: 1484338774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe review the current state of the West African Economic and Monetary Union’s tax coordination framework, against the main objectives of the WAEMU Treaty of 1994: reduce distortions to intra-community trade, and mobilize domestic tax revenue. The process of tax coordination in WAEMU is one of the most advanced in the world—de jure at least—, but remains in many areas ineffective de facto. Nevertheless, the framework has, to some extent, succeeded in converging tax systems, particularly statutory tax rates, and may have contributed to improving revenue mobilisation. Important lessons can be drawn from the WAEMU experience, particularly in terms of whether coordination should take the form of harmonization through a top-down approach, or a softer approach of sharing best practice and limiting certain types of tax competition.
Swiss Public Administration
Author: Andreas Ladner
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-08-07
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 3319923811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSwiss citizens approve of their government and the way democracy is practiced; they trust the authorities and are satisfied with the range of services Swiss governments provide. This is quite unusual when compared to other countries. This open access book provides insight into the organization and the functioning of the Swiss state. It claims that, beyond politics, institutions and public administration, there are other factors which make a country successful. The authors argue that Switzerland is an interesting case, from a theoretical, scientific and a more practice-oriented perspective. While confronted with the same challenges as other countries, Switzerland offers different solutions, some of which work astonishingly well.
Capital Mobility and Tax Competition
Author: Clemens Fuest
Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 1933019190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTax competition and coordination is one of the most pressing issues for tax authorities in modern economies, but it is a highly controversial subject. Some argue that tax competition is beneficial by forcing governments to impose efficient tax prices on residents for the provision of public services. Further, some argue that tax competition is also beneficial by limiting the power of governments to levy taxes. Others take a different view - in a world without coordinated tax policies, governments choose sub-optimal levels of public services financed by inefficient taxes that are either too high or too low by ignoring spillovers imposed on other jurisdictions. Capital Mobility and Tax Competition draws out the most important issues of uncoordinated tax policy at the international level for cross-border transactions. The discussion focuses on mobile tax bases, specifically in relation to investment and financial transactions. The main issue for consideration in this survey is whether taxation of income, specifically capital income will survive, how border crossing investment is taxed relative to domestic investment, and whether welfare gains can be achieved through international tax coordination. This survey derives some of the key results on the taxation of international investment in variants of one model of multinational investment. Finally, the authors emphasize the problem of tax competition and financial arbitrage, an issue which is somewhat neglected in the existing survey literature.
Global Tax Revolution
Author: Chris R. Edwards
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1933995181
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction -- Capital explosion -- Tax cut revolution -- Flat tax club -- Mobile brains and mobile wealth -- Taxing businesses in the global economy -- The economics of tax competition -- The battle for freedom and competition -- The moral case for tax competition -- Options for U.S. policy.
Taxation in a Global Economy
Author: Andreas Haufler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-08-23
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0521782767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe increasing international mobility of capital, firms and consumers has begun to constrain tax policies in most OECD countries, playing a major role in reforming national tax systems. Haufler uses the theory of international taxation to consider the fundamental forces underlying this process, covering both factor and commodity taxes, as well as their interaction. Topics include a variety of different international tax avoidance strategies - capital flight, profit shifting in multinational firms, and cross-border shopping by consumers. Situations in which tax competition creates conflicting interests between countries are given particular consideration. Haufler addresses the complex issue of coordination in different areas of tax policy, with special emphasis on regional tax harmonization in the European Union. Also included is a detailed introduction to recent theoretical literature.
Harmful Tax Competition An Emerging Global Issue
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998-05-19
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9264162941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTax competition in the form of harmful tax practices can distort trade and investment patterns, erode national tax bases and shift part of the tax burden onto less mobile tax bases. The Report emphasises that governments must intensify their cooperative actions to curb harmful tax practices.
Taxation in the Global Economy
Author: Assaf Razin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 0226705889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe increasing globalization of economic activity is bringing an awareness of the international consequences of tax policy. The move toward the common European market in 1992 raises the important question of how inefficiencies in the various tax systems—such as self-defeating tax competition among member nations—will be addressed. As barriers to trade and investment tumble, cross-national differences in tax structures may loom larger and create incentives for relocations of capital and labor; and efficient and equitable income tax systems are becoming more difficult to administer and enforce, particularly because of the growing importance of multinational enterprises. What will be the role of tax policy in this more integrated world economy? Assaf Razin and Joel Slemrod gathered experts from two traditionally distinct specialties, taxation and international economics, to lay the groundwork for understanding these issues, which will require the attention of scholars and policymakers for years to come. Contributors describe the basic provisions of the U.S. tax code with respect to international transactions, highlighting the changes contained in the U.S. Tax Reform Act of 1986; explore the ways that tax systems influence the decisions of multinationals; examine the effect of taxation on trade patterns and capital flows; and discuss the implications of the opening world economy for the design of optimal international tax policy. The papers will prove valuable not only to scholars and students, but to government economists and international tax lawyers as well.
International Tax Policy
Author: Tsilly Dagan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1107112109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplains why perfecting, rather than curbing, interstate competition would make international taxation both more efficient and more just.
The Effects of Taxation on Multinational Corporations
Author: Martin Feldstein
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007-12-01
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0226241874
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe tax rules of the United States and other countries have intended and unintended effects on the operations of multinational corporations, influencing everything from the formation and allocation of capital to competitive strategies. The growing importance of international business has led economists to reconsider whether current systems of taxing international income are viable in a world of significant capital market integration and global commercial competition. In an attempt to quantify the effect of tax policy on international investment choices, this volume presents in-depth analyses of the interaction of international tax rules and the investment decisions of multinational enterprises. Ten papers assess the role played by multinational firms and their investment in the U.S. economy and the design of international tax rules for multinational investment; analyze channels through which international tax rules affect the costs of international business activities; and examine ways in which international tax rules affect financing decisions of multinational firms. As a group, the papers demonstrate that international tax rules have significant effects on firms' investment and other financing decisions.
