This study examines the extent of direct tax avoidance through income-shifting between wages and dividends, and approximates the deadweight loss due to this behavior for the owners of privately held corporations. The dual income tax system in Finland offers noticeable incentives for income-shifting. The extensive dividend tax reform of 2005 enables us to study how this particular form of tax avoidance reacts to an exogenous change in tax rates. Our results support highly active income-shifting, and the apparent tax avoidance behavior has considerable welfare effects. We also find evidence that costs related to income-shifting behavior affect the effectiveness of taxation.Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan yrittäjien tulonmuunnon aktiivisuutt...
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The paper shows how entrepreneurial taxes interact with the career choice of individuals, the qualit...
This study examines the extent of direct tax avoidance through income-shifting between wages and div...
This study examines income-shifting between tax bases among the owners of privately held businesses....
This paper analyses the effects of the recent Finnish income tax reform on the behaviour of a closel...
Based on existing evidence, we know little about how the taxation of small business owners affects t...
Based on existing evidence, we know little about how the taxation of small business owners affects t...
This paper uses extensive Finnish panel data from 1995–2007 to analyze the elasticity of taxable inc...
Using register-based panel data covering all Finnish firms in 1999–2004, we examine how corporations...
Using register-based panel data covering all Finnish firms in 1999–2004, we examine how corporations...
The paper analyses efficiency aspects of a dual income tax system with a higher tax on capital gains...
Using register-based panel data covering all Finnish firms in 1999–2004, we examine how corporations...
Using register-based panel data covering all Finnish firms in 1999–2004, we examine how corporations...
The paper analyses efficiency aspects of a dual income tax system with a higher tax on capital gains...
The paper shows how entrepreneurial taxes interact with the career choice of individuals, the qualit...
We explore how a firm-level tax on redistributed foreign profits affects the choices of a multinatio...
The paper shows how entrepreneurial taxes interact with the career choice of individuals, the qualit...
This study examines the extent of direct tax avoidance through income-shifting between wages and div...
This study examines income-shifting between tax bases among the owners of privately held businesses....
This paper analyses the effects of the recent Finnish income tax reform on the behaviour of a closel...
Based on existing evidence, we know little about how the taxation of small business owners affects t...
Based on existing evidence, we know little about how the taxation of small business owners affects t...
This paper uses extensive Finnish panel data from 1995–2007 to analyze the elasticity of taxable inc...
Using register-based panel data covering all Finnish firms in 1999–2004, we examine how corporations...
Using register-based panel data covering all Finnish firms in 1999–2004, we examine how corporations...
The paper analyses efficiency aspects of a dual income tax system with a higher tax on capital gains...
Using register-based panel data covering all Finnish firms in 1999–2004, we examine how corporations...
Using register-based panel data covering all Finnish firms in 1999–2004, we examine how corporations...
The paper analyses efficiency aspects of a dual income tax system with a higher tax on capital gains...
The paper shows how entrepreneurial taxes interact with the career choice of individuals, the qualit...
We explore how a firm-level tax on redistributed foreign profits affects the choices of a multinatio...
The paper shows how entrepreneurial taxes interact with the career choice of individuals, the qualit...