We investigate multinational firms' activities in tax havens and regulatory efforts to curb these activities in three steps. First, we discuss the evolution of information exchange and disclosure regimes among tax authorities, with a focus on the recent Countryby-Country (CbC) reporting regimes,...

How did the rise of multinational enterprises (MNEs) put pressure on the prevailing international corporate tax framework? MNEs, and firms with market power, are not new phenomena, nor is the corporate income tax, which dates to the early 20th century. This prompts the question, what is...

Tax avoidance by major multinational enterprises (MNEs) has been extremely topical after the great financial crisis of 2008. As a result, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2013 commenced a project known as the “base erosion and profit shifting” (BEPS)...

Using a large panel dataset on worldwide operations of multinational firms, this paper studies one of the most advocated anti-tax-avoidance measures: Controlled Foreign Corporation rules. By including income of foreign low-tax subsidiaries in the domestic tax base, these rules create incentives...

We examine the relationship between corporate subsidiaries located in tax haven countries, the parent firms’ tax sheltering activity, and permanently reinvested earnings. We measure tax shelter intensity with tax reserves established under ACS 740-10 for uncertain tax positions that are...

This paper examines the different CFC rule settings in the OECD and additional countries for the years 2004 to 2014, compares them and shows the influence on real foreign direct investments (FDI) and profit shifting of multinationals. Using a unique CFC rule panel data set for 56 parent...

This paper provides the first direct systematic evidence of profit shifting through transfer mispricing in a developing country. Using South African transaction-level customs data, I directly test for transfer price deviations from arm's-length pricing. I find that multinational firms in South...

The multiplication of direct investment in Indonesia is not equal to adequate tax regulations. In turn, it creates loopholes for the minimisation of tax burdens through thin capitalisation. The purpose of this research is to analyse the factors affecting tax avoidance using thin capitalisation....

Profit shifting of multinational corporations (MNCs) negatively affects citizens, governments as well as other companies in the European Union. This consensus seems to be emerging in spite of the fact that the phenomenon of profit shifting is unobservable directly and therefore only indirect and...