Average Effective Tax Rates Research Articles

Corporate tax, R&D and export decisions: Evidence from European firms

AbstractThe paper presents a unified framework for analyzing the impact of corporate taxation on R&D and exporting, considering firm productivity heterogeneity and sunk costs. We empirically examine three hypotheses using data from 7819 European firms spanning 2001–2014. We propose that: (a) an increase in corporate tax reduces the likelihood of innovation, (b) an increase in corporate tax reduces the likelihood of exporting, and (c) firms that innovate are more likely to enter foreign markets. On average, a high Effective Average Tax Rate (EATR) lowers the probability of investing in R&D and exporting by 2.3% and 1.41%, respectively. For firms with low Total Factor Productivity (TFP), the adverse effect of taxation on R&D investment ranges from 3.71% in our baseline analysis to 12.9% in our sensitivity analysis. Interestingly, while EATR positively influences the export decisions of high‐TFP firms, a higher EATR can reduce the export probability by up to 25.5% for firms at the lower end of the TFP distribution. Our findings demonstrate a causal relationship between firm heterogeneity and their capacity to mitigate the distortions caused by higher taxes. From a policy perspective, our results suggest that fostering innovation is essential for firms aiming to expand into international markets.

The Tax Attractiveness of EU Locations for Corporate Investments: A Stocktaking of Past Developments and Recent Reforms

Abstract In this paper, we illustrate the tax attractiveness of EU countries as investment locations over time in terms of effective average tax rates and evaluate potential tax reform options. Our quantitative assessment of recent tax policies suggests that corporate tax rate cuts, notional interest deductions and R&D incentives significantly reduce the effective average tax rate. When government budgets are constrained, however, tax incentives with a direct link to investment activities, such as accelerated depreciation and R&D incentives, are most suitable to stimulate private investment. Even after the introduction of the global minimum tax, these measures remain a viable tool to stimulate investments.

Are intangible assets favoured in effective corporate taxation?

In the context of efficient taxation, the effective tax rate acts as an indicator to help prospective investors choose to which nation locate their investment. This raises the question of which type of assets is more tax-efficient for such investments. This paper aims to assess whether intangible assets are tax-advantaged compared to tangible assets. The analysis focuses on intangible assets, while tangible assets are represented by machinery and industrial buildings. It is conducted using average effective tax rates for the year 2022, with countries categorized into old (EU-15) and new (EU-12) Member States. The EU countries are categorized in the following cluster analysis based on how the average effective tax rate affects Slovakia’s share of equity participation in FDI. Conclusion evaluates those investors from 12 old EU Member States and 2 new EU Member States would find it more tax efficient to invest in intangible assets in Slovakia than in their home country.

IDENTIFYING BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TO TAX CHANGE OF LABOR INCOME IN UKRAINE

Introduction. The National Revenue Strategy states that one of the directions for the further development of the national taxation system is the restoration of the progressive rates’ scale of personal income tax. Such a proposal looks appropriate and corresponds to the trends in the development of the labor market, the system of income generation in the national economy, and the demands of society. At the same time, the opportunistic reaction of taxpayers to the introduction of additional (increased) tax rates may lead to further evasion of labor income from taxation and, accordingly, an increase in tax risks of the state budget. Purpose of the article is to identificate of the behavioral response effect of the economic agents to tax change of labor income in Ukraine. Results. Changes in the taxation of labor income in 2015-2017 are characterized by the dynamics of such analytical indicators as the average effective tax rate and the tax wedge. The nominal growth of the wage fund in 2016 and 2017 is due to the following changes in taxation: an increase in the tax base and an increase in the average effective tax rate. In the short and medium term, reducing the tax burden did not have the expected positive effect, as predicted by the logic of Laffer's model. There is a significant increase in the share of wages at the average level, from 53.5% in 2012 to 63.8% in 2020. The share of labor income in the intervals from the lowest to the average earnings as of 2020 was more than 80%. The presence of an alternative system of income taxation with a significantly lower level of tax burden than the general system creates additional risks of effective implementation of personal income tax with a progressive scale of rates. Conclusions. The system of formation and distribution of labor income has undergone significant changes. The extremes of the income distribution (lowest and highest) were in relative gain compared to others. the introduction of a progressive scale of taxation rates exclusively for labor income in Ukraine does not have sufficient fiscal potential. In the case of a suboptimal political decision, with insufficient institutional capacity of control bodies and the presence of an alternative system of income taxation, there is a high probability of a significant increase in tax risks for state and local budgets.

Tax Instruments for the Mining Sector: Profitbased Taxes Versus Production-Based Taxes

The sharing of mining rents is a particular challenge for African countries. To explain the determinants of profit-based and production-based taxes, we use a panel of 22 gold-producing countries in Africa between 2000 and 2020 using the ordinary least squares (OLS) method controlled for time and country fixed effects. Our empirical results show that the road distance between the capital of the country and its relevant port is an important indicator in the choice of rent taxation instruments. The road distance between the capital of a country and its relevant port tends to reduce the average effective tax rate (AETR) through the share of profit-based taxes in AETR. Thus, countries that do not have direct access to the sea should favour production-based taxes over profit-based taxes in the taxation of mining rents.

Analysis of Mining Rent Sharing : Case of the Kamoa-Kakula Project

This article aims at analyzing the rent sharing within the framework of the Kamoa-Kakula project which consists of the exploitation of a copper mine, located in the DRC. Based on data from the Integrated Development Plan of this project, published in October 2020, we used the FARI model approach to analyze the tax regime of the 2018 mining code and estimate the share falling to the State and the investors. Analysis of the results of our estimates shows, on the one hand, that the tax burden is close to observed international trends. Expected state revenues are USD 7.3 billion, according to the base scenario, while the Average effective tax rate (AETR) would be between 40.6 and 53.1%. On the other hand, although the innovations introduced increase the AETR, the latter tends to increase with the profitability of the project. Which allows us to conclude that this tax regime remains progressive, despite the increase in tax rates. Although theoretically, this new code seems advantageous for the State, its implementation should be accompanied by measures aimed at strengthening tax administration and control techniques, with the aim of confronting tax optimization practices.

Asymmetric Effects of Tax Competition on FDI vs. Budget Balance in European OECD Economies: Heterogeneous Panel Approach

The global trends in taxation have generated a “race to the bottom” in capital income taxation, which is intended to be stopped by OECD through the introduction of a global minimum tax rate (15% of effective average tax rate—EATR). The question is whether the defined tax competition floor would have heterogeneous implications in different economies. The aim of this paper is to examine the long-term relationship between the EATR and FDI, and between the EATR and budget balance (BB) in European OECD economies in the period 1998–2021, using non-stationary, heterogeneous panels. According to the linear PMG model, a significant negative long-term relationship was revealed between the EATR and FDI and between the EATR and BB, while the error-correction parameters are significant and heterogeneous, showing that the speed of adjustments towards equilibrium is different across the analyzed economies. However, the nonlinear PMG results revealed asymmetry as the magnitude of the influence of an EATR reduction has a greater effect on FDI attraction and deficit deepening than an increase in the EATR on the opposite tendencies of FDI and deficit. Policymakers are facing a trade-off related to FDI attraction/budget deficit deepening when making decisions in relation to the EATR, and they are mostly oriented toward FDI inflow using EATR reduction in the analyzed economies.

New Empirical Evidence on Factors Influencing the Yield on High-Grade Municipal Bonds

We investigate the impact of federal budget deficits and other factors on the ex-post and ex-ante real yields on high-grade municipal bonds. The estimation results reveal that both yields increase with the real yield on 30-year Moody’s Aaa-rated bonds and provisions in the Community Reinvestment Act but decrease with net capital inflows, the real GDP growth rate, and the average effective federal income tax rate. Most importantly, both yields are increasing functions of the federal budget deficit. These results support limiting the size of federal budget deficits to avoid the excessive crowding out of private investment spending.

An alternative measure of profit shifting and corporate income tax losses

The aim of this paper is to assess an alternative method of estimating the amount of profit shifting and corporate income tax revenue losses. We propose a nonstandard methodology to refine the measurement of profit shifting beyond the traditional semi-elasticity procedure. A four-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to estimate the relative technical efficiency of profits before taxation reported by foreign-owned companies in Czechia. The efficiency gap resulting from the difference between the first-stage and third-stage technical efficiency scores represents the level of profit shifting. Using the statutory and average effective corporate income tax rates, we calculate the amount of corporate income tax revenue losses attributable to profit shifting. The estimated mean level of profit shifting by foreign subsidiaries involved in the manufacturing and service sectors between 2009 and 2016 is over 570 million EUR, and the mean amount of tax losses exceeds 100 million EUR. In relative terms, profit shifting leads to a decrease in total corporate income tax revenues of 2% in Czechia. Foreign-owned companies involved in the manufacturing sector are less efficient than foreign-owned companies from services industries in terms of relative technical efficiency scores, while companies involved in the service sector have a considerably high efficiency gap with respect to companies involved in the manufacturing sector.

How much tax do the rich really pay? Evidence from the UK

AbstractUsing anonymized administrative data on the population of UK taxpayers, we show that—in line with high-profile anecdotes about the tax affairs of the rich—effective average tax rates (EATRs) decline at the top of the distribution of income and capital gains. We also document substantial variation in EATRs within remuneration level: a quarter of those in the top 1 per cent pay headline rates, while another quarter pay at least 9pp less than the headline rate. Most of this effect is driven by the composition of remuneration, with investment income having lower tax rates and capital gains having lower rates still. If all individuals with income above £100,000 paid the headline rates, this would raise tax revenue on income and gains by £23 billion on a static basis, an increase of 27 per cent in the tax paid by this group.

Tax effects on foreign direct investment-Just a rerouting.

This paper investigates tax-related determinants of indirect foreign direct investment (FDI). In particular, it studies the effects of bilateral effective average tax rates, the strength of anti-tax avoidance rules in host countries and tax haven status of home countries on the volume of indirect FDI host countries receive. The paper uses the fourth edition of the OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment (BMD4) database, which distinguishes between ultimate and immediate FDI. Methodologically, the paper relies on the standard gravity equation for FDI and applies the Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood estimation model. The paper shows that ultimate FDI is not influenced by tax-related factors but only real economic determinants, whereas tax rates affect immediate FDI. This finding suggests that previous research may have overestimated the tax elasticity of FDI, and taxes do not have an impact on location decisions of FDI, but rather the route of investing-direct or indirect. The paper defines indirect FDI as the difference between ultimate and immediate FDI and finds that high bilateral effective average tax rates encourage indirect FDI. The finding is robust under different specifications.

The Determining Factors of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows: Empirical Studies from the Southeast Asian Countries

The purpose of the study estimates the possible causal relation between direct foreign investment with intertwined political and economic factors ranging from the investment climate reform initiative, tax policy conducted by the government, size of the government, and political institution. The sample of this study consists of ten countries in the Southeast Asia region. Our study utilizes time series data of 11 years from 2010 to 2020, to empirically tested three proposed hypotheses by using panel data regression analysis. Our statistical results show that determinants of direct foreign investment can be uncovered through economic rather than political factors. This study provides a negative relationship between the political institution factor (proxied by the veto player) and FDI inflow. On the contrary, the EODB score does not affect FDI inflow by controlling covariates. Moreover, our study could not provide robust evidence that an effective average tax rate could affect the FDI inflow which is contrary to literature expectation. However, our causal inference may suggest that previous FDI inflow is the best predictor for the FDI inflow.

DO THE INDUSTRY AFFILIATION OF A COMPANY IMPACT ITS EFFECTIVE TAX RATE? - AN ANALYSIS OF INDIAN FIRMS

There are various determinants of the Effective Tax Rate of a company. This study attempts to nd out whether industry association impact Effective Tax Rates. Tax Rates and Tax Laws are specic to jurisdictions, and the results may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The study focuses on Indian conditions to examine the relationship between industry classication and the Effective Tax Rate (ETR) of companies. The study covers the standalone nancials of the top 500 listed companies. Results show a signicant impact of the industry association on the Average Effective Tax Rate

Article: The Distorting Effects of Imputation Systems on Tax Competition in the EU

The design of corporate income tax systems and thus the taxation of (cross-border) dividends are encompassed within the sovereignty of the Member States of the European Union (EU). However, these rules are restricted by the EU regulatory framework and the case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which prohibit discrimination of foreign- against domestic-sourced dividends. Therefore, five EU Member States abolished their discriminatory imputation systems in favour of shareholder relief systems between 1999 and 2019 which had not only legal but also economic implications. In this simulation study, the authors assess how and to what extent the abolishment of discriminatory imputation systems in the EU Member States affected a country’s tax location attractiveness for capital investments and tax competition. The analysis is based on the cost of capital (CoC) and effective average tax rates (EATR) using the Devereux/Griffith methodology. Overall, under the discriminatory imputation systems, the authors find lower CoC and EATR for investments located in the shareholder’s residence country compared to foreign investment alternatives. The advantageousness is, on average, reversed after the switch to the shareholder relief systems and places additional tax competition pressure on the affected Member States. Corporate tax systems, Dividend taxation, Devereux/Griffith methodology, European Court of Justice, Internal market, Effective tax rates, Cost of capital JEL classification: H21, H24, H25, K34

A system dynamics model for assessing the impact of fiscal regimes on mining projects

Mining-dependent economies heavily rely on the minerals sector to extract revenue for socio-economic development. The exploitation of mineral resources in these countries is made possible through local and foreign direct investment with little or no government participation. To extract revenue from the minerals sector different countries design mining fiscal regimes that integrate tax and non-tax elements. The designed regimes must maintain a balance between extracting revenue from the mining sector and leaving mining companies in business. However, achieving this is no easy task. The structures of mining fiscal regimes heavily depend on the models that are used in the design process. The current models (e.g., IMF FARI, and Colorado School of Mines (CSM) models) for evaluating mining fiscal regimes are static because they cannot assess variables as they evolve over the life of the mine project. Therefore, a system dynamics model has been developed to capture the dynamism of mining fiscal regimes by analysing technical and economic variables over time. To this end, the proposed model can be viewed as an extension rather than a replacement of the IMF FARI and CSM models. To illustrate its practical application, the model was applied to a case study to evaluate Zambia's copper taxation reforms based on a hypothetical mine project. Results show that the 2023 regime generates a lower financial and technical impact on a stylized hypothetical mining project when compared to the 2022 regime. A synopsis of results shows that over the 10 years production period, the 2023 regime generates lower profiles of average effective tax rate, effective tax rate, marginal effective tax rate, and Net Present Value (NPV) of government revenue when compared to the 2022 regime. These results imply that the 2023 regime is more attractive in capturing global mobile capital than the 2022 regime. Additionally, the 2023 regime is more attractive than the 2022 regime in terms of marginal flows of investment. However, the 2022 regime has a higher revenue-raising potential for the government than the former. In terms of sterilised reserves the 2022 regime generates a higher profile of values than the 2023 fiscal system (i.e., between 1-11 months and 36-120 months). However, this is with the exception of the 12-35 months where the 2023 regime has higher reserve sterilised values than the 2022 fiscal system.

The Unlikely Heroes of Progressive Taxation: CEOs’ Support for Bill Clinton’s Tax Increase Package in 1993

AbstractOn August 10, 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, one of the largest fiscal deficit-reduction packages in US fiscal history. This law raised the top individual income tax rate from 31% to 39.6%, which increased the average effective tax rate for high-income earners and shifted the federal fiscal balance from deficit to surplus by the end of the century. Given major business interest groups’ criticism of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993’s heavy reliance on tax increases over spending cuts, how was the Democrat-controlled Congress able to pass this legislation? Drawing on archival evidence from the Clinton Presidential Library, this paper shows that the administration and Democratic committee chairs mobilized support from corporate CEOs, including Fortune 500 executives, asking them to lobby key legislators to support the bill. Thus, with business leaders’ support and lobbying efforts, the legislation was passed with a very slight majority.

ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVE TAX RATE BASED ON IDX INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION (IDX-IC) FOR COMPANIES LISTED ON THE INDONESIA STOCK EXCHANGE FOR 2019-2021

The aim of this research is to analyze related to the effective tax rate of companies for each classification sector based on the IDX-IC, to analyze the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on corporate profits and tax burden, and to determine whether the factors used in this study have an influence on the effective tax rate of companies. A purposive sampling technique was used to determine the research sample, which consisted of companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange classified based on the IDX-IC. The research approach used a mixed-methods approach. Based on the research, it was found that the average effective tax rate of the sample companies in 2019-2021 respectively, 26,87%, 24,51%, and 23,83%, with transportation and logistics sector have highest effective tax rate than other sectors. The COVID-19 pandemic has had varying impacts depending on the type of industry. Only the healthcare and infrastructure sector have performed better than other sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic variable, there are also group company variables used in researching the factors that affect the effective tax rate. Based on the research results, the COVID-19 pandemic variable has a positive effect on the effective tax rate. Meanwhile, group company variables have a negative effect on the effective tax rate. The influence of subsidiary company losses on consolidated profits causes the ratio of the effective tax rate to be smaller than the effective tax rate if it comes from the parent company.

Manifestations and Perception of Economic Inequality of Citizens in Russia and the Impact of Personal Income Tax Deductions on it: Analysis of the Results of a Sociological Survey

The subject of the study is the manifestations and perception of economic inequality of citizens in Russia. Economic inequality is one of the global problems of our time. In Russia, it has been at a consistently high level for 30 years. The task of smoothing the inequality of citizens in Russia has been set at the highest state level. Research interest in this regard is the manifestations and subjective assessment or perception by citizens of the degree of inequality, regardless of its calculated statistical indicators, as well as the ability of the state to smooth inequality and overcome poverty. The purpose of the study is to identify and evaluate the manifestations of economic inequality of citizens in Russia, as well as its perception based on the results of a sociological survey to determine the prospects for smoothing inequality. The scientific novelty consists in identifying the manifestations and assessing the perception of economic inequality by Russian citizens based on the interpretation of the results of a sociological survey, as well as in substantiating the aggravating effect of personal income tax deductions on inequality. With the acute perception of inequality and injustice in the distribution of income in Russia, there is no intensification of protest sentiments and the risks of threats to socio-economic stability are not realized. Manifestations of inequality of citizens are the need to save on food and consumer preferences, tourist activity, the availability of credit obligations, the use of medical and educational services, the demand for personal income tax deductions. The current bias in favor of investment and property deductions for personal income tax to the detriment of social and standard deductions does not allow realizing the potential of their smoothing effect on the inequality of citizens. Property and investment deductions used by more affluent citizens lower the average effective personal income tax rate for them at a level lower than that of poor citizens, which leads to regressive income taxation.

Opterećenje porezom na dobitak u multinacionalnim osiguravajućim grupama - slučaj Hrvatske, Srbije i Slovenije

The corporate income tax burden may be an important factor in investment decision-making. Multinational companies pay close attention to the analysis of corporate income tax burden in the countries where they operate and plan to invest. On the other hand, the corporate income tax burden may significantly vary across countries due to different statutory rates and rules for calculating taxable income. The corporate income tax burden in subsidiaries of multinational insurance groups in Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia is analyzed in this paper. It is shown that the corporate income tax burden in insurance companies significantly differs between studied countries. Insurance companies in Serbia have by far the lowest tax burden, notably owing to tax loss carryforward and interest on government securities that are exempt from taxation. Although Slovenia has the highest statutory tax rate, insurance companies in Croatia have the highest average corporate effective tax rates. Many interest groups, particularly owners and managers of multinational insurance groups, may find the research findings interesting.

ANALYSIS TOWARDS THE IMPACT OF EATR ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Foreign investment has important role for economic development of a country due to its capabilities to support the acceleration of economic growth in the country as an investment destination. According to these statements, many countries are competing to get foreign investment by setting various investment incentives, one of that is through tax incentives in the form of low tax rates. Therefore this research was conducted with aims to analyze further in how the impact of tax incentives towards foreign investment. In assessing the effectiveness of these tax incentives, it is usually done by low value of Statutory Tax Rates. However, this research indicates that the proper measure to use by Effective Average Tax Rates (EATR) because EATR is considered effective in describing the impact of tax incentives received by investors. This research used panel data from 70 countries from 2017 to 2020. Then these data was processed through OLS, Fixed Effect and Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) methods. From these results it can be concluded that Effective Average Tax Rates have negative and significant impact on foreign investment. The higher the value of Effective Average Tax Rates in a country, the smaller the foreign investment will entering the country.