ESG-повестка и агрессивное налоговое планирование

Abstract

The analysis of the current state of the balance of interests of the state and organizations in the field of achieving the goals set within the framework of the ESG strategy in the jurisdictions of economically developed countries is of urgent importance for the domestic practice of interaction between organizations and tax authorities to achieve sustainable development goals. It is especially important to assess the negative trends of abuse of the ESG agenda for aggressive tax planning. The subject of the study is the mechanisms of ESG activity of organizations in relation to the tax motivation for obtaining tax benefits. The purpose of the work is to put forward proposals to improve the effectiveness of detecting illegal tax optimization. It is concluded that there is a significant relationship between the declaration of ESG goals by organizations and the methods of aggressive tax planning used by them to extract unjustified tax benefits with an emphasis on environmental ESG aspects. The conclusions made in the study are consistent with the results of the work of foreign scientists over the past five years. At the same time, there is a real prospect of confirming economic and statistical studies within the framework of the hypothesis put forward in the study for domestic organizations in terms of the tax benefits they receive from participating in ESG activity.