Corporate effective tax rates for R&D: The case of expenditure-based R&D tax incentives

R&D tax incentives have become a widely used policy tool to promote business R&D. How do they shape firms' incentives to invest in R&D? This paper contributes a methodology to construct forward-looking effective tax rates for an R&D investment that reflect the value of expenditu...

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Beteilige Person: González Cabral, Ana Cinta (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Appelt, Silvia (MitwirkendeR), Hanappi, Tibor (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Paris OECD Publishing 2021
Schriftenreihe:OECD Taxation Working Papers
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1787/ff9a104f-en
Zusammenfassung:R&D tax incentives have become a widely used policy tool to promote business R&D. How do they shape firms' incentives to invest in R&D? This paper contributes a methodology to construct forward-looking effective tax rates for an R&D investment that reflect the value of expenditure-based R&D tax incentives. The new OECD estimates cover 48 countries and consider the case of large profitable firms, accounting for the bulk of R&D in most economies. The results provide new insights into the generosity of R&D tax incentives from the perspective of firms that decide on whether or where to invest in R&D (extensive margin) and the level (intensive margin) of R&D investment. The generosity of the favourable tax treatment of R&D is shown to vary at the intensive and extensive margins, highlighting differences in countries' strategies to support R&D through the tax system
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (66 Seiten)
DOI:10.1787/ff9a104f-en