Marginal Effective Tax Rates on Physical, Human and R&D Capital:

This paper presents marginal effective tax rates (METRs) for a number of physical and intangible assets and for a number of funding sources. The assets include machinery, buildings, inventories, investments in short-lived R&D (that is, investments whose returns last only a few years) and in long...

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Main Author: Gordon, Kathryn (Author)
Other Authors: Tchilinguirian, Harry (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 1998
Series:OECD Economics Department Working Papers
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:This paper presents marginal effective tax rates (METRs) for a number of physical and intangible assets and for a number of funding sources. The assets include machinery, buildings, inventories, investments in short-lived R&D (that is, investments whose returns last only a few years) and in long-lived R&D (whose returns last many years). Two human capital assets are included -- firm-sponsored training and household-sponsored tertiary education. The calculations incorporate parameters from both the personal and corporate tax codes. They are performed for the "top-bracket" taxpayer and for the "average production worker" and cover between 15 and 22 countries, depending on data availability. The OECD has already used the King-Fullerton method to calculate METRs for physical capital (OECD, 1991) and this paper updates these calculations using established practices. As the method has not yet been applied to household-sponsored human capital, the paper describes the extension to this ...
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (31 Seiten) 21 x 29.7cm
DOI:10.1787/408617353612

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