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Abstract
We study the effect of differential taxation of personal and corporate tax bases on income shifting for 24 European countries over the pe- riod 2000-2016. The data cover 48 sectors at the 2-digit industry level. Our results provide evidence of significant income shifting via legal form choice. Specifically, a 1%-point increase in the tax differential between personal and corporate income tax rates results in a 0.8% increase in the corporate share of active firms and a 0.3% increase in the corporate share of employment. Moreover, we find that personal income tax revenues paid by self-employed decrease by about 0.3%.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Tilburg |
| Publisher | CentER, Center for Economic Research |
| Number of pages | 39 |
| Volume | 2020-013 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Apr 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | CentER Discussion Paper |
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| Volume | 2020-013 |
Keywords
- income shifting
- corporate income tax
- personal income tax
- incorporation
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Bekker, S., Bomer, A., Borghouts, I., De Pietro, C., Dusarduijn, S., Elsweier, F., Essers, P., Garcia Anton, R., Gribnau, H., Gubbels, N., Hoogeveen, M., Houwerzijl, M., Kaufmann, W., Kemmeren, E., Lafarre, A., Lejour, A., Li, J., Loth, M., Mc Cahery, J., Montebovi, S., Peters, C., Rombouts, B., Russo, R., Staats, G., Starink, B., Steegmans, M., Stevens, S., Stevens, T., Sumner, I., Tjong Tjin Tai, E., Tzankova, I., Verbruggen, P., Vermeulen, E., Westerhout, E., Weterings, W., Wibier, R., Xu, D., Zegveld, C., Zekić, N., van Gulijk, S., van Hout, D., van Hulten, M., van Kempen, T., van Kesteren, H., van Vijfeijken, I., van der Elst, C., van der Sangen, G., Öner, C., Kryla-Cudna, K., Mak, V., Smit, D., Op Heij, D., Onţanu, E. A., Salah, O., Wijntjens, L., van Norden, G., van den Bosch, S., Fernandez de Aranguiz Chueca, A., Diamant, Y., Geiregat, S., van der Burgt, B., Hofman, A. & Groeneveld-Tijssens, N.
1/01/19 → 31/12/24
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