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Taxation of Financial Capital in a Globalized Environment: The Role of Withholding Taxes

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This paper assesses the merits and limitations of raising withholding taxes at source as a policy measure to address the increasingly serious problem of tax evasion connected with cross-border income flows from portfolio investment in the present globalized environment. Such taxes are effective in capturing passive income flows in an administratively simple way, but generate a number of distortions and give rise to international revenue redistribution and other spillover effects. On balance, however, the paper concludes that raising withholding taxes should be seriously considered in a multilateral framework to combat tax evasion.

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  • Zee, Howell H., 1998. "Taxation of Financial Capital in a Globalized Environment: The Role of Withholding Taxes," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 51(3), pages 587-599, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:51:y:1998:i:3:p:587-99
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41789354
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