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A Note on the Taxation of International Capital Income Flows

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Seemingly persuasive arguments can be made to suggest that income from foreign‐owned capital should be taxed by a small open economy and that it should not be taxed I show that the case for taxing foreign capital income as part of an ‘optimal’ tax scheme rests on the assumption that tax rates on other forms of income are not set optimally. In particular, if economic profit is not fully taxed, a tax on foreign capital income is desirable. If all tax rates are set optimally, foreign capital income should not be taxed by the capital‐importing country.

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  • Neil Bruce, 1992. "A Note on the Taxation of International Capital Income Flows," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 68(3), pages 217-221, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:68:y:1992:i:3:p:217-221
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1992.tb01767.x
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    4. Yong Yang, 1998. "International Taxation When Domestic Distributional Policy is Constrained," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 75-93.

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