Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/71582 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. 04/04
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
We analyse a puzzle in the UK corporation tax: by both historic and international standards corporation tax revenues have been high while the statutory rate has been low. Possible explanations include the following: changes in tax law that may have increased effective tax rates; other factors such as higher profitability or different macro-economic conditions may have led to higher effective tax rates; and finally the size of the corporate sector may have increased. We find evidence for all three explanations, although none would be sufficient in itself. To the extent that higher profits, particularly financial sector profits may have led to high revenues, there are doubts as to whether revenues will continue to be so strong.
Subjects: 
Corporation tax
revenue
JEL: 
H25
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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