The Taxation of International Assignments - An International Comparison

The Taxation of International Assignments - An International Comparison

Period: 01.05.2004 – 30.04.2005

The increasing importance of international assignments goes on with the internationalisation of business activities. Due to the high number of assignments companies are required to minimise the assignment costs. Taxes and charges levied on the assigned employees income often are shifted to the employer and thus are part of the assignment costs. The scope of this study is to give an overview of the relevant tax and social security regulations in selected countries over the world and compare them among each other. Furthermore, we measure the assignment costs taking account of the taxes and charges shifted from the expatriate to the employer. The study covers twenty countries in Europe, the United States, and Asia.

Project members

Christoph Spengel

Christoph Spengel

Research Associate

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Otto H. Jacobs

Otto H. Jacobs

Research Associate

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Christina Elschner

Christina Elschner

Research Associate

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Client/Allowance
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Frankfurt am Main, DE

Selected Publications

International Taxation of Expatriates. Survey of 20 Tax and Social Security Regimes and Analysis of Effective Tax Burdens on International Assignments

Jacobs, Otto H., Christoph Spengel, Dieter Endres, Christina Elschner, Renate Höfer and Oliver Schmidt (2005), International Taxation of Expatriates. Survey of 20 Tax and Social Security Regimes and Analysis of Effective Tax Burdens on International Assignments, Frankfurt am Main

Contact

Research Associate
Prof. Dr. Christina Elschner
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