Transfer pricing (TP) is based on many principles - the essential one is the Arm ́s Length Principle (ALP), In this respect, the term "associated persons" is of crucial importance: associated persons must be involved in transactions in order for the ALP to be applied, The aim of the paper is to...

This paper seeks to contribute to the current debate on EU-wide corporate taxation, steered by the impending Proposal by the European Commission on a new framework for the taxation of income of businesses in Europe. The objective of this paper is to verify whether the inclusion of intangible...

In order to create complex business structures and to obtain economic benefits, multinational companies have given rise to transfer pricing. Due to their importance, it has been possible to expand international trade to a higher level. This study focuses on the issue of transfer pricing and...

This paper reconsiders the empirical evidence of the relationship between tax treaties and FDI using U.S. outbound FDI to 78 countries over the period of 2007-2018. Unlike previous studies, we explicitly consider differences in the tax environments of recipient economies, including their...

This paper reflects the tabled novel framework for corporate taxation in the European Union, founded on the Formulary Apportionment methodology and envisaged inclusion of intangible assets in the allocation formula. The objective is to simulate the variation between the currently used Separate...

The purpose of the study is to analyze the practice of involving multinational companies in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in general, and the response to SDG 16 "Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions". The research methodology involves a comparative analysis of the...

The abuse of transfer pricing by multinational enterprises (MNEs) is a topical issue the world over. Abusive transfer pricing results in the erosion of tax bases and profit shifting from countries with high tax rates to those with lower tax rates, thus enabling tax avoidance and evasion....

This study explores the new roles of rules of origin (ROO) when multinational enterprises (MNEs) manipulate their transfer prices to avoid a high corporate tax. ROO of a free trade agreement (FTA) require exporters to identify the origin of exports to be eligible for a preferential tariff rate....

The problem of revenue leakages through transfer pricing remains unabated, and an examination of possible causes is a continuum. This study provides a nuanced examination of the interaction between MNCs and the tax consultants (TCs) which is treated with mixed views in the existing literature....

In this paper, we study another approach to the profit shifting costs function of multinational profit shifting. First, we describe the modelling approaches of such costs functions and provide a synthesized analysis. More precisely, we investigate the involved resource costs that multinational...