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The influence of interest on net equity and interest rates on tax neutrality – a case study of the Brazilian corporate taxation

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  • Aloísio Flavio Ferreira de Almeida

    (Fundação Getúlio Vargas, EAESP, Brazil)

  • Nelson Leitão Paes

    (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia (PIMES/UFPE) e CNPq, Brazil)

Abstract

In this paper we visit the capital income taxation in Brazil to know whether and to what extent interest on net equity (INE) has an influence on tax neutrality, i.e., if it helps reducing debt financing advantage over equity. The paper also addresses the persistent Brazilian high interest rates influence on the cost of capital, especially for small and medium enterprises (SME), given that big companies are usually allowed to access low interest rates from BNDES, the National Public Development Bank in Brazil. Based on King and Fullerton methodology for computation of effective tax rates, this paper derives the pre-tax and post-tax rates of return on investment, the tax wedges and the correspondent effective tax rates in Brazil, comparing three sources of finance (debt, retained earnings and new equity) and three types of assets: machinery, buildings and inventories. Our simulations show that INE reduces the cost of capital for new equity by 40% but it cannot offset the debt advantage. On the other hand, very high interest rates as found in Brazil make debt finance the worst option, forcing SME to finance themselves.

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  • Aloísio Flavio Ferreira de Almeida & Nelson Leitão Paes, 2013. "The influence of interest on net equity and interest rates on tax neutrality – a case study of the Brazilian corporate taxation," Economia, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics], vol. 14(3–4), pages 185-198.
    • Handle: RePEc:anp:econom:v:14:y:2013:i:2:185_198
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    1. Stevan Luković & Stefan Vržina & Milka Grbić & Miloš Pjanić, 2021. "The Neutrality Of Taxation Of Investment Projects In Serbia," Economic Annals, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Belgrade, vol. 66(230), pages 101-134, July – Se.
    2. Portal, Márcio Telles & Laureano, Luis, 2017. "Does Brazilian allowance for corporate equity reduce the debt bias? Evidences of rebound effect and ownership-induced ACE clientele," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 480-495.
    3. Jaroslava Holeckova & Vojtech Menzl, 2019. "20 Years in Development of Effective Tax Rates in the Czech Republic (2000–2019)," MIC 2019: Managing Geostrategic Issues; Proceedings of the Joint International Conference, Opatija, Croatia, 29 May–1 June 2019,, University of Primorska Press.

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    Keywords

    Corporate taxation; Investment; Profit; Equity; Debt;
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    JEL classification:

    • H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm

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