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Could Country-by-Country Reporting Increase Profit Shifting?

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  • Ruby Doeleman

    (WU Vienna)

  • Dominika Langenmayr

    (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)

  • Dirk Schindler

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Abstract

Since 2016, Country-by-Country reporting has provided tax authorities with detailed information about multinationals' worldwide activities. We model Country-by-Country reporting as increasing tax planning and tax audit costs for profit-shifting multinationals, where the latter costs depend on the share of profits in tax havens. Then, Country-by-Country reporting makes shifting profits from a high-tax country to a tax haven more attractive compared to shifting from a low-tax country. Thus, while total profits shifted to the haven decrease, profit shifting from high-tax affiliates may increase relative to the situation without Country-by-Country reporting. We confirm these changes in profit-shifting patterns using a difference-in-differences design.

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  • Ruby Doeleman & Dominika Langenmayr & Dirk Schindler, 2026. "Could Country-by-Country Reporting Increase Profit Shifting?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 26-027/VI, Tinbergen Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20260027
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance

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