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The Intellectual Property Holding Company : Tax Use and Abuse from Victoria's Secret to Apple.
2017
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Title
The Intellectual Property Holding Company : Tax Use and Abuse from Victoria's Secret to Apple.
Item Type
Book
Description
1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations
ISBN
9781108327121 e-book
Summary
Many companies that have become household names have avoided billions in taxes by 'parking' their valuable intellectual property (IP) assets in holding companies located in tax-favored jurisdictions. In the United States, for example, many domestic companies have moved their IP to tax-favored states such as Delaware or Nevada, while multinational companies have done the same by setting up foreign subsidiaries in Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. In this illuminating work, tax scholar Jeffrey A. Maine teams up with IP expert Xuan-Thao Nguyen to explain how the use of these IP holding companies has become economically unjustified and socially unacceptable, and how numerous calls for change have been made. This book should be read by anyone interested in how corporations - including Gore-Tex, Victoria's Secret, Sherwin-Williams, Toys-R-Us, Apple, Microsoft, and Uber - have avoided tax liability with IP holding companies and how different constituencies are working to stop them. This is the first book to explore both domestic intellectual property (IP) holding companies in the United States and foreign IP holding companies worldwide Adopts a storytelling approach, avoids legalese talk, and is accessible to a broad range of audience Focuses on companies with nationally and internationally recognized names and products Provides in-depth case studies to reveal domestic and international tax planning strategies
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction
2. The Delaware gift to corporations
3. The domestic IP holding company's structure and phantom
4. The scrutiny from the States
5. Domestic tax haven
6. Key incentives to created foreign intellectual property holding companies
7. International structures used by Apple and other multinational companies
8. Government barriers to intellectual property income shifting and their (in)effectiveness
9. Foreign tax havens: exploring solutions to intellectual property income shifting offshore
10. Final thoughts on IP holding companies and corporate social responsibility.
2. The Delaware gift to corporations
3. The domestic IP holding company's structure and phantom
4. The scrutiny from the States
5. Domestic tax haven
6. Key incentives to created foreign intellectual property holding companies
7. International structures used by Apple and other multinational companies
8. Government barriers to intellectual property income shifting and their (in)effectiveness
9. Foreign tax havens: exploring solutions to intellectual property income shifting offshore
10. Final thoughts on IP holding companies and corporate social responsibility.
Published
Cambridge, England, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Language
English
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