In: Finance
Corporate taxes play a major decision before setting up a business unit in any particular country.
Countries like Africa, India, Bangladesh have started the practise of giving tax incentives to companies, that come to their country and set up a business division. This serves as a "win-win" for both parties, as the country gets a boost to its employment, while the firm gets a tax consession, thus boosting profits.
But by just looking at tax rate is not enough, for example before setting up a plant in an African country, I would want to see the productivity and sophistication of the labor, which will be important parameters for the production.
Example: Africa
Africa has given a 10 year tax exemption to a telecom giant (Airtel), to set up business and boost connectivity in Africa. For Airtel, tax was the main consideration before setting up the unit, and a subsidy in taxes perfectly aligned with their strategic objecticves and hence they decided to go ahead with the project
Example : India
India has come up with a concept called as SEZ (Special Economic Zones) - Which basically give a tax break to the companies that are setting up in those areas, lots of companies move to those areas as they get better profits due to reduced tax costs