International Corporate Tax Planning

Author(s):  
Ulrich Schreiber
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Author(s):  
Michael P. Donohoe ◽  
Brian Gale ◽  
Michael Mayberry
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2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan F. Hess ◽  
Raquel Meyer Alexander

ABSTRACT This instructional case explores the ethical issues surrounding the corporate tax-planning and tax-avoidance strategies of multinational organizations. Drawing on the real-world experiences of SABMiller, one of the world's largest beverage companies, this case provides a launching point for students to consider the ethics of corporate tax planning. The ethics of multinational tax practices, especially the use of tax havens, has recently become the focus of media and legislative debate in both the U.S. and the U.K., and many well-respected companies, such as General Electric, Apple Inc., and Starbucks are now feeling the pressure to reform. In a post-case learning assessment, students demonstrated significant improvement in their understanding and indicated that they enjoyed discussing this controversial issue. The “Implementation Guidance” section and Teaching Notes offer guidance for in-class discussion of the ethical and tax issues in this case.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
Yuting Guo ◽  
Qiuping Ouyang ◽  
Min Peng

<p>Paying taxes according to laws and regulations in the process of business development is an obligation of companies. It is a vital task for companies to reduce tax burden by reasonably applying laws, regulations and policies, which requires tax planning. This article explores the relevant contents of corporate tax planning and tax risks. Firstly, it briefly expounds tax risks and tax planning, then analyzes the causes of tax risks. Finally, the measures are put forward to avoid tax risks in the business process affecting the development of companies.</p>


1992 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Bonner ◽  
Jon S. Davis ◽  
Betty R. Jackson
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Kays

In order to deter aggressive tax planning, the Australian government mandated public disclosure of three line items from large corporations' tax returns. However, there is no evidence that the mandated disclosure led public firms to pay more taxes (Hoopes, Robinson, and Slemrod 2018). Instead, I find that firms strategically offset expected reputational costs by voluntarily issuing supplemental information. Specifically, when managers expect new reputational costs from the mandated tax return disclosure (wherein the disclosure reveals an unexpectedly low tax liability) and low proprietary costs from a supplemental voluntary disclosure (wherein the firm discloses its nonaggressive tax planning), firms are likely to voluntarily disclose information that both preempts and supplements the government's mandatory disclosure. Thus, when mandatory disclosures are incomplete, firms will voluntarily issue additional information to remain in control of their disclosure environments.


1999 ◽  
Vol 21 (s-1) ◽  
pp. 42-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Lightner

This paper examines the effect of the formulary apportionment system on state-level economic development. All three apportionment factors, when combined with the corporate tax rate employed by each state, are shown to have a significant negative association with the percentage change in manufacturing employment. However, further analysis suggests that the corporate tax rate, and not the apportionment formula, may be driving employment growth. Also, the findings do not support the importance of the throwback rule or the recent trend to overweight the sales factor in attracting economic development to a state.


Author(s):  
Mark S Beasley ◽  
Nathan C. Goldman ◽  
Christina Lewellen ◽  
Michelle McAllister

Risk oversight by the board of directors is a key component of a firm's enterprise risk management framework, and recently, boards have paid more attention to their firm's tax-planning activities. In this study, we use a hand-collected sample of proxy statement disclosures about the board's role in risk oversight and provide evidence that risk oversight is negatively associated with both tax uncertainty and overall tax burdens. We find that risk oversight is most strongly associated with positions that yield permanent tax benefits and also with less risky tax-planning activities. Overall, the evidence suggests that board risk oversight is associated with more effective tax-planning practices.


Author(s):  
Daniel Shaviro

This chapter assesses where the ethical lines should be drawn around what constitutes “legally defensible tax planning,” given social justice imperatives. Because tax minimization by wealthy individuals and profitable corporations does not involve blatant fraud, one cannot simply call for “good corporate tax behavior” and criticize the ethics of those tax professionals who aid and abet the fraud. The tax-reducing strategies of super-rich individuals and highly profitable corporations commonly qualify as what will be called “legally defensible.” This term, however, covers tax planning that may vary across a range in at least three important dimensions: likelihood of legal correctness; consistency with legislative or regulatory intent; and ordinary course of business versus carefully contrived.


2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 101232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Armstrong ◽  
Stephen Glaeser ◽  
John D. Kepler

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