This study investigates to what extent multinational enterprises appoint managers jointly at the headquarter and a foreign subsidiary (vertical manager interlocks, VMIs) in order to facilitate tax planning. We use a cross-section data set taken from the AMADEUS database to show that VMIs are...

We analyze to what extent more generous tax loss offset regulations are associated with a weaker decline and stronger recovery of firm stock prices during economic crises. We argue that an unrestricted loss carryforward and, particularly, an unrestricted loss carryback provides firms with...

I study how different types of subsidization affect investment decisions in a laboratory experiment. Even though the expected profit is identical in all treatments, I find highly significant differences between them. In particular, when investment alternatives get subsidized with tax credits the...

The introduction of a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and tax allocation via formula apportionment (FA) is hotly debated in the European Union (EU) since more than a decade. While the literature has thoroughly analyzed the economic effects of FA from a macro-level perspective, the...

Als Steuerbelastungsindikator findet die Konzernsteuerquote trotz ihrer methodischen Schwächen zunehmend Verbreitung. Aus steuerlicher Sicht stellt sich die Frage, ob die quantitative Messung der vollständigen und realitätsnahen unternehmerischen Steuerbelastung mit Hilfe der...

Since 2005, European companies have to draw up their consolidated financial statements in accordance with the international accounting standards IAS/IFRS. Due to the German authoritative principle, this might also affect tax accounts. Therefore, several scenarios concerning the development of...

Microsimulation based on income tax statistics may be useful in tax reform discussions. Unfortunately, access to appropriate data is still rather restricted and expensive for ad-hoc analyses, or individual data is often even not available at all. In this paper we take Germany and its data...

Besides the valuation methods commonly used for specific industries, taxpayers can fall back on the simplified discounted cash flow method which, in certain cases, obliterates the need for complex valuations and replaces what is known as the Stuttgart Method for valuing shares in unlisted...

From the 2008 assessment period onwards, a new regulation regarding the loss offset in case of share acquisitions was implemented under section 8c of the German Corporate Tax Code (Körperschaftsteuergesetz). This new provision is particularly important in light of the current financial and...

The European Commission proposed to replace the currently existing Separate Accounting by an EU-wide tax system based on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB). Besides the CCCTB, there is an alternative tax reform proposal, the European Tax Allocation System (ETAS). In a dynamic...