Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nikolay S. Milogolov Author-Email: nmilogolov@nifi.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Author-Name: Kermen N. Tserenova Author-Email: kermenc@yandex.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Title: Tax Base Erosion in Russian Federation: Problems of Measuring, Scale and Effects Abstract: The article is focused on the review of economic analysis of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) and discusses some indirect BEPS existence indicators in Russia. The authors reveal main difficulties with data availability for BEPS analysis and also analyze best data availability practice, discuss methodological approaches for BEPS analysis and suggest own results and recommendations. Moreover, this article presents an identification of indirect signs of BEPS existence in the Russian Federation. Classification-JEL: H25, H26 Keywords: base erosion, profit shifting, tax policy, OECD, multinational companies, foreign direct investments Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 7-19 Issue: 6 Year: 2016 Month: December File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2016/6/Statii/fm_2016_6_01.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:160601:p:7-19