Tax havens and transfer pricing intensity: Evidence from the French CAC-40 listed firms

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) may use transfer pricing techniques and policies to reduce their tax base in higher-tax rate jurisdictions by shifting it to lower-tax rate countries or tax havens. These practices, enhanced by the globalization and dematerialization of the economy, have flourished a...

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Autores principales: Ronan Merle, Bakr Al-Gamrh, Tanveer Ahsan
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:cc56487c8e0b40acbc34c5d42aa761262021-12-02T18:31:22ZTax havens and transfer pricing intensity: Evidence from the French CAC-40 listed firms2331-197510.1080/23311975.2019.1647918https://doaj.org/article/cc56487c8e0b40acbc34c5d42aa761262019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2019.1647918https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975Multinational enterprises (MNEs) may use transfer pricing techniques and policies to reduce their tax base in higher-tax rate jurisdictions by shifting it to lower-tax rate countries or tax havens. These practices, enhanced by the globalization and dematerialization of the economy, have flourished and became a major issue for supranational organizations, tax authorities and even in the public opinion. This study analyses the impact of intangible assets, firm size, effective tax rate, and leverage on transfer pricing intensity. French publicly listed firms in the CAC-40 were examined during the period from 2012 to 2015. The regression results show that the firm size and leverage are positively associated while intangible assets and effective tax rate are negatively associated with transfer pricing intensity.Ronan MerleBakr Al-GamrhTanveer AhsanTaylor & Francis Grouparticletransfer pricing intensityeffective tax rateintangible assetsfirm sizeleverageBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2019)
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topic transfer pricing intensity
effective tax rate
intangible assets
firm size
leverage
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle transfer pricing intensity
effective tax rate
intangible assets
firm size
leverage
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Ronan Merle
Bakr Al-Gamrh
Tanveer Ahsan
Tax havens and transfer pricing intensity: Evidence from the French CAC-40 listed firms
description Multinational enterprises (MNEs) may use transfer pricing techniques and policies to reduce their tax base in higher-tax rate jurisdictions by shifting it to lower-tax rate countries or tax havens. These practices, enhanced by the globalization and dematerialization of the economy, have flourished and became a major issue for supranational organizations, tax authorities and even in the public opinion. This study analyses the impact of intangible assets, firm size, effective tax rate, and leverage on transfer pricing intensity. French publicly listed firms in the CAC-40 were examined during the period from 2012 to 2015. The regression results show that the firm size and leverage are positively associated while intangible assets and effective tax rate are negatively associated with transfer pricing intensity.
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author Ronan Merle
Bakr Al-Gamrh
Tanveer Ahsan
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Bakr Al-Gamrh
Tanveer Ahsan
author_sort Ronan Merle
title Tax havens and transfer pricing intensity: Evidence from the French CAC-40 listed firms
title_short Tax havens and transfer pricing intensity: Evidence from the French CAC-40 listed firms
title_full Tax havens and transfer pricing intensity: Evidence from the French CAC-40 listed firms
title_fullStr Tax havens and transfer pricing intensity: Evidence from the French CAC-40 listed firms
title_full_unstemmed Tax havens and transfer pricing intensity: Evidence from the French CAC-40 listed firms
title_sort tax havens and transfer pricing intensity: evidence from the french cac-40 listed firms
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2019
url https://doaj.org/article/cc56487c8e0b40acbc34c5d42aa76126
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