Accounting

How Corporations Use Tax Havens to Maximize Profits

What does it mean for a company to pay its fair share?

October 18, 2019

| by Beth Rimbey

Corporate income shifting may please shareholders – but is it fair to all stakeholders?

Recent research suggests the extent of income shifting has been greatly underestimated, raising the stakes for policymakers trying to come to terms with what is just.

Accounting , Corporate Governance

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