عنوان

Unitary Taxation of Multinational Enterprises for a Just Allocation of Income: Nigeria as a Case Study of Africa's Largest Economies

شماره

TL57942

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Unitary Taxation of Multinational Enterprises for a Just Allocation of Income: Nigeria as a Case Study of Africa's Largest Economies

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Ezenagu, Alexander

نام ساير پديدآوران

Christians, Allison

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

McGill University (Canada)

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2019

متن يادداشت

298 p.

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

D.C.L.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

McGill University (Canada)

امتياز متن

2019

متن يادداشت

This thesis makes a case for the tax law treatment of multinational enterprises (MNEs) as unitary firms by Nigeria and other African countries under the recently negotiated African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). MNEs strategically exploit their legal structures in order to shift their global profits to low or no tax jurisdictions and away from the countries where their real economic activities occur. Treating MNEs as unitary firms has the potential to significantly curtail these tax avoidance practices. Doing so is particularly important for African countries because they are more dependent on corporate income tax revenues for their national budgetary needs. Most of the corporate tax revenue in these countries must come from foreign-owned firms as these firms dominate the large revenue-generating sectors of their economies, such as oil and gas, mining, agriculture and manufacturing. Two of the main obstacles to the adoption of unitary taxation for MNEs are the corporate legal structures that divide companies across legal jurisdictions, followed closely by the lack of consensus on a workable strategy to implement unitary taxation on a global scale. This thesis answers both of these challenges by providing theoretical and doctrinal support for the unitary approach and by showing the practical aspects and impacts of such adoption through the use of a case study. The thesis accomplishes the first task by revisiting the theories and principles guiding the international tax system and their limitations in today's global and integrated economic environment. Using Stephen Hymer's theory of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the single enterprise theory, the thesis demonstrates that treating related entities in MNEs or subsidiaries and their parent companies as unitary firms is both legally and economically coherent despite the traditional view of the corporation as an entity separate from its owners. The thesis then uses Nigeria's experience in taxing MNEs as a case study to demonstrate how unitary approach would significantly reduce tax avoidance and protect the domestic tax base. It extends its recommendations to other African countries as the AfCFTA comes into effect.

اصطلاح موضوعی

African studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Collaboration

اصطلاح موضوعی

Developing countries--LDCs

اصطلاح موضوعی

International trade

اصطلاح موضوعی

Law

اصطلاح موضوعی

Multinational corporations

اصطلاح موضوعی

Permanent establishment

اصطلاح موضوعی

Profits

اصطلاح موضوعی

Taxation

اصطلاح موضوعی

Transfer pricing

اصطلاح موضوعی

Unitary taxes

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ezenagu, Alexander

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Christians, Allison

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

McGill University (Canada)

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y