For more than 50 years, researchers around the world have been searching for a solution to Blacks famous 'dividend-puzzle'. However, despite tremendous efforts in different fields of economics, the influence of taxation on the distribution policy of firms has remained elusive and is still...

We examine the “black box” of corporate tax risk management by providing unique insights into practitioners' tax risk perceptions, tax risk management practices, and influences leading to variation in tax risk management practices across firms. Opening this black box is important as tax risk...

I present a simplification safe harbour based on tax administrative guidance for Pillar Two, the global minimum tax, developed together with Cedric Döllefeld, Joachim Englisch, Simon Harst and Felix Siegel. It aims at reducing unnecessary compliance costs by avoiding effective tax rate (ETR)...

This paper analyzes whether taxation has an influence on the location decisions of multinational enterprises. As a tax measure, we employ the Tax Attractiveness Index (see Keller and Schanz 2013). This index covers 18 different tax factors, such as the taxation of dividends and capital gains,...

This paper develops a new tax measure - the Tax Attractiveness Index - reflecting the attractiveness of a country's tax environment and the tax planning opportunities that are offered. Specifically, the Tax Attractiveness Index covers 16 different components of real-world tax systems, such as...

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Verhältnis der handelsrechtlichen Gewinnermittlung zur steuerlichen Einkommensermittlung in Deutschland, Europa und den USA. Es werden die Zwecke der Rechenwerke diskutiert, sowie die Maßgeblichkeit der Handelsbilanz für die Steuerbilanz und deren...

In this study we analyse stock price reactions to share buyback announcements from a tax perspective in Germany. To determine the influence of taxes on stock prices on the announcement day of share buybacks two different tax regimes - the corporate imputation system and the classical corporate...

This paper investigates the impact of the 2001 tax reform in Germany on dividend announcement returns. With this major tax reform, the full imputation system was replaced by the half-income system, which had a significant impact on the relative taxation of dividends and capital gains for most...

[Einführung] In den Medien und der Öffentlichkeit werden internationale Steuervermeidung von Konzernen und Steuerhinterziehung im Allgemeinen lautstark diskutiert und durch prominente Einzelbeispiele von vorwiegend US-amerikanischen Konzernen 'anekdotisch' bewiesen. Dabei kann sogar ein...