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Background Note
| HBS Case Collection
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2005
Note on International Tax Regimes
by
Mihir A. Desai, Mark Veblen and Kathleen Luchs
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Abstract
Provides a framework for understanding different types of international tax regimes. Examines how alternative tax regimes tax the foreign income of their citizens (including corporate citizens); how tax regimes define foreign and domestic income; and how foreign tax credits and deductions are used in worldwide tax regimes to mitigate double taxation. Discusses in detail the current U.S. system of worldwide taxation and the managerial incentives created by the U.S. tax system.
Keywords: Earnings Management;
Nationality Characteristics;
Credit;
Profit;
Framework;
Globalization;
Taxation;
Motivation and Incentives;
United States;