Corporate Tax Shelters in a Global Economy: Why They Are a Problem and What We Can Do About It
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Description
Tax reform proposals often include alterations to the corporate tax code. There are two main motivations for this. First, consumption-based taxes require extensive revisions to existing law, such as replacing depreciation rules with expensing provisions. Second, the complexity of our existing tax code encourages aggressive tax management or ?evasion? activities and reform proposals often seek to make the code simpler and more transparent. Tax reform proposals generated by economists often assume that the legal aspects will miraculously work themselves out'that the reform, if enacted, will work exactly as planned. But can any tax system eliminate costly evasion activity? "In Corporate Tax Shelters in a Global Economy," Daniel N. Shaviro explores the causes and costs of tax avoidance and provides a useful guide to the key conceptual issues that must be addressed in order to design a truly effective tax reform
Publication Date
2004
Recommended Citation
Shaviro, Daniel N., "Corporate Tax Shelters in a Global Economy: Why They Are a Problem and What We Can Do About It" (2004). Faculty Books & Edited Works. 651.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-books-edited-works/651
