This paper analyzes the relevance of firm losses for tax revenues and welfare when switching from separate accounting to a system of tax base consolidation with formula apportionment. We find that a system change unambiguously decreases tax revenues in the short run, in which neither firms nor...

This article investigates a tax competition model where countries compete for capital and profits of multinational enterprises (MNEs) through statutory tax rates and cross-border loss-offset provisions, which allow a transfer of foreign subsidiaries’ losses to the parent company. A joint...

Deutsche Unternehmen haben in den vergangenen Jahren hohe steuerliche Verlustvorträge angehäuft. Steuerliche Verlustvorträge können für Unternehmen in Abhängigkeit von einem möglichen Verlustverrechnungszeitpunkt ein Wertepotential zwischen Null und der nominalen Höhe der möglichen...

Motivated by the EU Commission‘s suggested company tax reforms, this paper investigates how cross-border loss offset and formulary apportionment of a consolidated tax base affect the investment and transfer pricing behaviour of a multijurisdictional firm, and how they affect the behaviour of...