Transparency in Financial Reporting: Is Country-by-Country Reporting Suitable To Combat International Profit Shifting?

Journal
Evers, M.T.; Meier, I.; Spengel, C.
OECD
Bulletin for International Taxation 2014 (Volume 68), No. 6/7
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In this article, the authors contend that country-by-country reporting cannot be regarded as a convincing measure to combat international profit shifting. Instead, tax legislators should limit profit shifting by enforcing national and international tax rules and by closing gaps in tax law.