Fiscally Responsible Businesses as a Result of COVID-19 Pandemic Shock

The COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 crisis represent impressive motivating forces for advancement, change, evolution, and improvement at a global level. The study focuses on the OECD latest developments in international tax reform work on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) in the courageous attempt to promote novel global initiatives for responsible tax and to support ambitious global actions for responsible tax principles. The results show the need to establish fiscally responsible businesses as a result of COVID-19 pandemic shock, thus taking back control of countries' tax systems by putting an end to corporate tax evasion and tax havens. The findings address the importance of being in line with tax principles, encouraging responsible financial transactions and behaviors.

Formation of conditions for BEPS analysis in Ukraine

The article reveals the problems related to the formation of conditions for analyzing the transfer of profits between countries according to the OECD indicators of Action 11 of the OECD Recommendations on preventing the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS Action Plan) in Ukraine. It is established that the calculation of OECD indicators with data on Ukraine may be complicated due to the lack of relevant statistical information, as well as due to the establishment of the process of processing, aggregation and analysis of information from companies (including new reporting – Notification of participation in an international group of companies and transfer pricing reporting according to the “three-tier model”, which includes Сountry-by-country report). It is determined: 1) what information needed to calculate OECD indicators for BEPS analysis is already available in statistical sources and financial statements of companies; 2) what data for these purposes can be obtained by government agencies from new reporting for international groups of companies and their members in Ukraine, which will be submitted by them from 2021 and later; 3) what economic figures will not be available for BEPS analysis according to OECD indicators after the start of these new reporting forms. The necessity of forming organizational bases for collecting and processing domestic data at macroeconomic and microeconomic levels is substantiated in order to include them in global calculations of OECD indicators and use them in determining the effectiveness of BEPS countering measures in Ukraine.

Rising markups and optimal redistributive taxation

This study explores the implications of rising markups for optimal Mirrleesian income and profit taxation. Using a stylized model with two individuals, the main forces shaping welfare-optimal policies are analytically characterized. Although a higher profit tax has redistributive benefits, it adversely affects market competition, leading to a greater equilibrium cost-of-living. Rising markups directly contribute to a decline in optimal marginal taxes on labor income. The optimal policy response to higher markups includes increasingly relying on the profit tax to fund redistribution. Declining optimal marginal income taxes assists the redistributive function of the profit tax by contributing to the expansion of the profit tax base. This response alone considerably increases the equilibrium cost-of-living. Nevertheless, a majority of the individuals become better off with the optimal policy. If it is not possible to tax profits optimally, due, for example, to profit shifting, increasing redistribution via income taxes is not optimal; every individual is worse off relative to the scenario with optimal profit taxation.

Between the Eurozone crisis and the Brexit: the decade of British outward FDI into Europe

This paper investigates the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) of British multinational firms in the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association members across 2009–2019 using Bayesian model averaging. We find evidence that supports the existence and dynamic behavior of the East–West structure of FDI between three groups of countries: core-EU, Central and Eastern European economies (CEE), and the Nordics. Further, we document the importance of relative market size, urbanization, the rule of law in attaining horizontal FDI in the core-EU economies. In turn, infrastructure spending and enhanced political stability are the most important drivers for FDI in CEE (post-2000 accession). Finally, our results highlight the negative effects of the Eurozone crisis and Brexit anticipation on British OFDI activity in the region. The findings remain robust when accounting for potential MNE profit shifting to partners such as Ireland, Luxembourg, and alike.

OECD/G20 PILLAR TWO: IS IT A COMPATIBLE AND FEASIBLE SOLUTION?

This study aims to contribute to the continuing discussion about the compatibility and feasibility of the OECD/G20 Pillar Two measures as a solution to address the remaining base erosion and profit-shifting (BEPS) issues. One triggering such a discussion is the significance of Pillar Two for developing countries. In so doing, a literature review is conducted to gain relevant considerations to the Pillar Two implementation. The analysis lead to the comprehension of the issues surrounding Pillar Two, i.e. justification, complicated design, fairness issues, and effectiveness.

La residencia fiscal de las entidades jurídicas en el sistema tributario colombiano

Desde la expedición del informe del comité de expertos económicos de la Liga de las Naciones, el criterio de residencia fiscal de entidades jurídicas ha sido pieza fundamental en la arquitectura de los distintos sistemas fiscales a lo largo y ancho del globo. Su importancia radica en que permite ejercer tributación sobre la base de renta mundial y porque es primordial en el funcionamiento de las reglas distributivas de los Convenios para Evitar la Doble Imposición. A raíz de la expedición de la Ley 1607 de 2012, Colombia actualizó sus normas de residencia fiscal, con lo cual se adoptaron criterios del derecho tributario comparado como el de la “sede de dirección efectiva”. Asimismo, Colombia también ha celebrado acuerdos de doble imposición que tienen incidencia en la residencia fiscal de entidades locales y ha ratificado su adhesión a la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos. Adicionalmente, el país firmó el instrumento multilateral de esta Organización, el cual incorpora las recomendaciones del plan de acción de BEPS (base erosion and profit shifting) y que tendría impacto en las reglas de desempate para entidades con residencia dual contenidas en los tratados tributarios que fueron notificados como cubiertos por Colombia.