ANALYSIS OF TAX COMPETITION IMPACT ON CORPORATE TAXATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

The aim of this paper is identification of the effects tax competition has on corporate taxation in the process of the EU integration. The focus of the research is how to qualify all aspects related to tax competition process and to distinguish other factors that can be an obstacle for tax harmonization in the EU. The basis of the analysis relates to economic aspects of tax competition and corporate taxation in the EU. It includes theoretical background, comparison of present differences in corporate taxation systems in the EU, advantages and disadvantages of models for preventing harmful tax competition, influence of tax competition on the EU enlargement and panel data analysis of economic and financial effects of tax competition in the EU member states.