The Devil Is in the Details – Finnish Companies in the Vortex of International Tax Reforms

Ropponen OlliViertola MarikaKari SeppoValkonen Tarmo

Abstract

International corporate tax system does not succeed very well in taxing the cross-border business of the multinational enterprises. Therefore, both the European Union (EU) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have proposed several tax reforms. We recognize in this Etla Brief the most central corporate tax reform proposals and evaluate their effects on the tax burden of the Finnish companies and on the tax revenues in Finland. Minimum tax (Pillar 2) is the only reform that provides favorable outcomes for both companies and government. It increases the investment incentives of companies by reducing their tax burden, while at the same time increasing the tax revenues in Finland. The proposed 15 percent minimum tax rate is better option from both the company and the government perspective than higher minimum tax rates.

See also Etla Report no 138 Finnish Companies in the Vortex of International Tax Reforms. 

Publication info

Results of research
Finnish companies in the vortex of international tax reforms
Research group
Macroeconomy and public finances
Series
ETLA Muistio - ETLA Brief 120
Date
12.04.2023
Keywords
International corporate taxation, Multinational enterprises (MNEs), Investments, Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT), Pillar 1, Pillar 2, Common (Consolidated) Corporate Tax Base (C(C)CTB)
ISSN
2323-2463
JEL
H25, H71, F21, F23, G11
Pages
10
Language
Finnish