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Who ultimately bears the burden of corporation taxes in a globalised world and why do some multinational companies seem to pay so little?
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Recent decades have witnessed falling corporation tax rates across the developed world. In the UK, the main rate of corporation tax has fallen from over 50% in the 1970s to just 19% today.
In this lecture IFS research economist Isaac Delestre explored the global trends that have driven these changes: asking, who ultimately bears the burden of corporation taxes in a globalised world and why some multinational companies seem to pay so little.
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Research Economist
Isaac is a Research Economist in the Taxation sector, focusing on the taxation of high-income individuals and closely-held corporate entities.
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- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Delestre, I. (2022). 'The hunt for footloose capital: how to tax a multinational' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/hunt-footloose-capital-how-tax-multinational (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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