Multinational tax avoidance in developing countries
Niels Johannesen,
Thomas Tørsløv and
Ludvig Wier | 7 April 2016
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Corporate Taxes,
Development,
Tax Avoidance In recent years many global firms—including Starbucks, Google, and Amazon—have come under fire for avoiding paying taxes in one country by shifting their profits to a country with lower tax rates.
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Finance, Growth and Inequality
Boris Cournède and
Oliver Denk | 31 March 2016
Blog,
Fiscal,
Monetary | Tags:
Financial Markets,
Inequality Finance is the lifeblood of modern economies, but too much of the wrong type of finance can hamper economic prosperity and social cohesion. We have taken a holistic approach to study the consequences of finance for the inclusiveness of growth, in the spirit of the
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Tax Expenditures Deserve Far More Scrutiny
Adam Corlett | 30 December 2015
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Tax Expenditures,
UK Last month, the UK government presented its Spending Review, setting out departmental budgets for the next four years. There were protections for some departments and large cuts (though smaller than expected) for others. Coming after years of previous cuts, many departmental budgets by 2019 will
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Boosting R&D through Patent Boxes. Panacea or Not?
Agustin Redonda | 10 December 2015
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
BEPS,
Innovation,
Tax Competition,
Tax Expenditures On October 5th, the OECD presented the final package of the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative – a cornerstone in the international drive towards corporate tax reform.
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Looking for a Way out the Subsidies Labyrinth in Argentina
Lucio Castro | 16 October 2015
Blog,
Fiscal,
Monetary | Tags:
Energy,
Inflation,
Subsidies In the midst of a heated electoral campaign, subsidies are at the centre of the political debate in Argentina. Shock or gradual approaches to reform those transfers have emerged as the buzzwords of the moment as the presidential race heats up.
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