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Tax Harmonisation in Europe: The Determination of Corporate Taxable Income in the EU Member States

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  • Oestreicher, Andreas
  • Spengel, Christoph

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The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we want to examine whether and if so, to what extent, the concept of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) meets the requirements of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) for the EU-wide activities of multinationals as proposed by the European Commission. Second, we estimate the consequences on the effective levels of company tax burdens in selected EU member states if IFRS are considered as a tool for defining the tax base. Our analysis reveals that IFRS could provide elements of a common and harmonised European tax base in certain areas. In particular, tax accounting still has to follow the realisation principle. Therefore, IFRS ?fair value-accounting? cannot be adopted for tax purposes. A transition to tax accounting on the basis of IFRS has only minor effects on the effective tax burdens of companies.

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  • Oestreicher, Andreas & Spengel, Christoph, 2007. "Tax Harmonisation in Europe: The Determination of Corporate Taxable Income in the EU Member States," ZEW Discussion Papers 07-035, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:zewdip:5694
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    1. Evers, Maria Theresia & Finke, Katharina & Köstler, Melanie & Meier, Ina & Scheffler, Wolfram & Spengel, Christoph, 2014. "Gemeinsame Körperschaftsteuer-Bemessungsgrundlage in der EU: Konkretisierung der Gewinnermittlungsprinzipien und Weiterentwicklungen," ZEW Discussion Papers 14-112, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    2. Giovanna Gavana & Gabriele Guggiola & Anna Marenzi, 2010. "Wages and prices in Europe before and after the onset of the Monetary Union," Economics and Quantitative Methods qf1010, Department of Economics, University of Insubria.
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    4. Ladislav Mejzlík & Markéta Arltová & David Procházka & Leoš Vítek, 2015. "Implementace mezinárodních standardů účetního výkaznictví v České republice a její vliv na zdanění podniků [The Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in the Czech Republic and Its," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2015(7), pages 811-832.
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    9. Daniela Pîrvu & Tiberiu Avrămescu, 2009. "Common Consolidated Tax Base System: Difficulties in Determining a Distribution Formula for the Common Consolidated Tax Base," Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics, University of Petrosani, Romania, vol. 9(4), pages 141-148.
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    Keywords

    International Company Taxation; Effective Tax Burden; Tax Accounting;
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    JEL classification:

    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation

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