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… cost of capital in order to enhance their economic position in the international market. Legislators will try to mitigate tax base erosion and enhance the simplicity of the tax system, whilst still improving their business climate in order to attract foreign businesses. The results of implementing a new tax system can for this reason never considered to be perfect, but simply the next best thing. The debt and equity distinction from a Dutch perspective | 8 | It is important to first establish … of independent taxation of corporations.’ Based on this view, tax treatment regarding limited liability companies should not take into account the amount of tax payed by its shareholders. Therefore, Secretary Pierson abolished the deduction of 4% in exchange of a great reduction of the tax rate from 4% to 2% (Kamerstukken II, 1892/1893, p. 473-474). This rate would later be amended to 2,5%. 2.2.3. ‘Inkomstenbelasting 1914’ Under the ‘Inkomstenbelasting 1914’ (further: IB 1914), taxation was no … income taxation and taxing rights between countries. Amsterdam: IBFD Publications. Hariton, D.P. (1994), Distinguishing Between Equity and Debt in the New Financial Environment. Tax Law Review, 49(3), 500-502. Retrieved from: http://heinonline.org The debt and equity distinction from a Dutch perspective | 89 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). (1991). Equity for Companies: A Corporation Tax for the 1990s. IFS Commentary, 26. Retrieved from: www.ifs.org.uk/publications/1914 …