Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18991 
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Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1527
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Conducted in a framework which embodies tax-shifting opportunities, risk of losses and possibility of interjurisdictional loss-offset, this paper investigates a reform of multijurisdictional enterprises taxation, a move from Separate Accounting to Formulary Apportionment. Findings are summarised in a series of propositions on the strategic behaviour of enterprises and authorities. Under Separate Accounting, tax-shifting opportunities reduce investment in the lower-taxing jurisdiction, tax sensitivity of investment and tax competition. Moving to Formulary Apportionment eliminates such opportunities, pushing the economy in the opposite direction. Permitting the firm to compensate losses among affiliates allows it to benefit from a tax-shifting and insurance device.
Subjects: 
multijurisdictional enterprise
separate accounting
formulary apportionment
cross-border loss offset
JEL: 
H87
H73
H32
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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