Corporate tax policy and incorporation in the EU

Ruud de Mooij and Gaëtan Nicodème

No 07-016.RS, Working Papers CEB from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Abstract: In Europe, declining corporate tax rates have come along with rising tax-to-GDP ratios. This paper explores to what extent income shifting from the personal to the corporate tax base can explain these diverging developments. We exploit a panel of European data on legal form of business to analyze income shifting via incorporation. The results suggest that the effect is significant and large. It implies that the revenue effects of lower corporate tax rates – possibly induced by tax competition -- will partly show up in lower personal tax revenues rather than lower corporate tax revenues. Simulations suggest that between 10% and 17% of corporate tax revenue can be attributed to income shifting. Income shifting is found to have raised the corporate tax-to-GDP ratio by some 0.2%-points since the early 1990s.

Keywords: Corporate tax; Personal tax; Incorporation; Income shifting. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H25 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 p.
Date: 2007
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