Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185518 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7320
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the economic effects of unilateral adoption of corporate tax policies that include destination-based taxes and/or cash ow taxes in a heterogeneous agent model in which multinational firms can endogenously shift income between countries using transfer prices. Standard pass through arguments no longer apply because of the income shifting behavior of multinationals. Over or under- pass through will affect domestic consumer prices charged by multinational firms and will distort the decision of international businesses to outsource intermediate goods or to produce them in a foreign subsidiary. The welfare of the adopting country can decrease both with the adoption of destination-based taxes and the adoption of cash ow taxes. For a country with sufficiently large export markets that can optimally adjust its corporate tax rate on domestic earnings, unilaterally adopting cash ow taxation with full destination-based rate adjustments will reduce welfare.
Subjects: 
border adjustments
destination-based taxes
source-based taxes
cash flow taxes
income taxes
transfer pricing
unilateral tax reform
JEL: 
F23
H21
H25
H26
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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