Income Shifting Incentives and Tax Haven Utilization: Evidence from Multinational U.S. Firms

This paper examines the association between a series of income shifting incentives including multinationality, transfer pricing aggressiveness, thin capitalization, intangible assets and tax haven utilization. Our empirical analysis is based on a sample of 286 multinational U.S. firms over the 2006–...

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Main Authors: Richardson, G., Taylor, Grantley
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40463
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description This paper examines the association between a series of income shifting incentives including multinationality, transfer pricing aggressiveness, thin capitalization, intangible assets and tax haven utilization. Our empirical analysis is based on a sample of 286 multinational U.S. firms over the 2006–2012 period (2002 firm-years). Our regression results show that multinationality, transfer pricing aggressiveness, thin capitalization and intangible assets are positively associated with tax haven utilization. Our results are consistent based on several robustness checks.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-404632017-09-13T13:38:56Z Income Shifting Incentives and Tax Haven Utilization: Evidence from Multinational U.S. Firms Richardson, G. Taylor, Grantley This paper examines the association between a series of income shifting incentives including multinationality, transfer pricing aggressiveness, thin capitalization, intangible assets and tax haven utilization. Our empirical analysis is based on a sample of 286 multinational U.S. firms over the 2006–2012 period (2002 firm-years). Our regression results show that multinationality, transfer pricing aggressiveness, thin capitalization and intangible assets are positively associated with tax haven utilization. Our results are consistent based on several robustness checks. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40463 10.1016/j.intacc.2015.10.001 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle Richardson, G.
Taylor, Grantley
Income Shifting Incentives and Tax Haven Utilization: Evidence from Multinational U.S. Firms
title Income Shifting Incentives and Tax Haven Utilization: Evidence from Multinational U.S. Firms
title_full Income Shifting Incentives and Tax Haven Utilization: Evidence from Multinational U.S. Firms
title_fullStr Income Shifting Incentives and Tax Haven Utilization: Evidence from Multinational U.S. Firms
title_full_unstemmed Income Shifting Incentives and Tax Haven Utilization: Evidence from Multinational U.S. Firms
title_short Income Shifting Incentives and Tax Haven Utilization: Evidence from Multinational U.S. Firms
title_sort income shifting incentives and tax haven utilization: evidence from multinational u.s. firms
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40463