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TAXATION
TIME TO UP CORPORATE TAXES

Global Tax Reform May Add $250 Billion a Year to Public Coffers



Original article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-18/global-tax-reform-may-add-250-billion-a-year-to-public-coffers
Peter Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess
Global Tax Reform May Add $250 Billion a Year to Public Coffers
  • New OECD estimates show more corporate profits caught by rules
  • OECD says implementation progress would avoid trade disputes
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January 18, 2023 at 9:00 AM EST

The world’s governments stand to increase their collective tax revenues by about $250 billion a year by enacting a deal to rewrite the rules for multinational corporations, according to new estimates from the OECD.

The Paris-based organization, which oversaw talks on the 2021 agreement between around 135 countries, said it is revising up calculations of potential fiscal gains based on data showing more profits of the biggest global companies would be captured.

Corporate Tax Rates Stabilize at Record Lows Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development The release of the analysis keeps pressure on governments to deliver on the two-part reform after technical difficulties and political inertia delayed implementation by at least a year to 2024 at the earliest. The OECD also repeated its warning that failure would lead to controversial digital taxes and retaliatory trade disputes reducing global economic output by as much as 1%. The biggest revenue increase would come under what is known as Pillar Two, which creates an effective minimum corporate rate of 15% — a mechanism intended to stop a race to the bottom between governments, and to annul the advantage of parking profits in tax havens. Due to a recent increase in low-taxed profits of global mega-firms, the OECD now expects the minimum rate would generate an additional $220 billion a year in government revenues, compared to a 2020 estimate of $150 billion. Global Firms Record Big Share of Profits in Places With Few Workers Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Note: Investment hubs are defined as jurisdictions with a total inward Foreign Direct Investment above 150% GDP Pillar Two is also the closest to coming into effect, notably in the European Union, where countries agreed in December on a directive for harmonized implementation starting at the end of this year. The other part of the overhaul, known as Pillar One, is designed to share taxing rights more fairly between jurisdictions after many European governments complained that US tech firms are generating huge revenues in their countries while paying little tax. If implemented, the OECD now estimates the new rules would reallocate taxing rights on $200 billion of profits instead of $125 billion in its previous assessment. The net boost to annual global tax revenues under Pillar One would be much smaller, at around $13 billion to $36 billion. Negotiations on technical details are also moving more slowly, with the aim of agreeing a multilateral convention that countries could begin signing from mid-2023. The OECD gave more detail on which companies would be impacted by the reallocation of their profits for tax purposes:
  • Around 50% of the $200 billion would come from large digital companies
  • Rest would come from other sectors, notably pharmaceuticals and consumer goods
The OECD also sought to respond to some developing economies that have criticized the overhaul for not sharing a sufficient proportion of taxing rights. According to the analysis of the latest version of the rules, low and middle-income countries would gain the most as a share of existing corporate tax revenues. “The significant increases in revenue gains published by the OECD highlight the importance of swift implementation of both pillars for all countries,” it said. At the World Economc Forum in Davos on Thursday, OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann will debate whether the global reform is stilling. Other panel participants include Nigeria Finance Minister Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed and Gabriel Zucman, the director of the EU Tax Observatory. READ MORE:
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