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Effective Tax Rates and Firm Size

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  • Bachas, Pierre
  • Brockmeyer, Anne
  • Dom, Roel
  • Semelet, Camille

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This paper provides novel evidence on the relationship between firm size and effective corporate tax rates using full-population administrative tax data from 13 countries. In all countries, small firms face lower effective tax rates than mid-sized firms due to reduced statutory tax rates and a higher propensity to register losses. In most countries, effective tax rates fall for the largest firms due to the take-up of tax incentives. As a result, a third of the top 1 percent of firms face effective tax rates below the global minimum tax of 15 percent. The minimum tax could raise corporate tax revenue by 27 percent in the median sample country.

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  • Bachas, Pierre & Brockmeyer, Anne & Dom, Roel & Semelet, Camille, 2023. "Effective Tax Rates and Firm Size," CEPR Discussion Papers 17985, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:17985
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    Keywords

    Firm size; Tax incentives; Global minimum tax; Corporate effective tax rate;
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    JEL classification:

    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
    • O23 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development

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