英文摘要 |
Capital gains on stock and land transactions have long been exempt from income tax in Taiwan. However, there is strong criticism of both of these exemptions because they are seen as violating the equity principle and may cause deterioration to the government's fiscal system. Using financial statement data on both listed and over-the-counter companies, this study provides evidence on the impacts of the two tax-exempt items on corporate effective tax rates. The empirical results show that companies with greater stock and land capital gains have significantly lower effective tax rates, and vice versa, suggesting that these two tax exemptions result in inequitable distribution of corporate tax burdens. We also find, among others, that affiliated companies tend to have lower effective tax rates than their non-affiliated counterparts, supporting the argument that affiliated companies have the advantage of reducing tax burdens and that corporate-affiliations may be tax-motivated. |