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1. The Authorized OECD Approach for the attribution of profits to Permanent Establishments in a Post-BEPS World : An analysis of the Authorized OECD Approach for the attribution of profits to Permanent Establishments which arise from commissionaire arrangements under BEPS Action 7
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The BEPS Project has led to unprecedented changes in international taxation rules. In this respect, the recent changes made to the definition of permanent establishment (PE) under BEPS Action 7 target aggressive tax structures used by multinationals enterprises (MNEs). READ MORE
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2. The Base Erosion and Profit-Shifting Project, Action 7: A Critical Analysis of the Preparatory/Auxiliary Extension and the New Anti-Fragmentation Rule in the 2017 OECD Model Tax Convention
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The PE is a concept under scrutiny. Action 7 of the BEPS Action Plan has laid out a path to defend against artificial avoidance of PE status in light of BEPS concerns that can be associated with moderating business practices. Out of Action 7 has come an update to Art. READ MORE
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3. Profit-allocation based on value creation in the digital economy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : With the proposed Directive by the European Commission to tax the digital economy more effective by introducing a digital permanent establishment, the question raises how to effectively tax it. Under the current profit-allocation principles, profits are allocated to the jurisdiction in which the significant people functions are situated. READ MORE
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4. Dependent Agents after BEPS : Especially with regard to commissionaire arrangements
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The OECD estimates that every year between 100 and 240 billion US dollars of tax revenue is lost due to domestic tax base erosion and profit shifting resulting from the business practices used by multinational enterprises. In 2013, the BEPS Action Plan, encompassing 15 different actions, was sanctioned in response. READ MORE
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5. How can the proposed changes to the OECD tax model convention in action 1 and action 7 counter the issue of an artificial avoidance of a PE status?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to clarify how, according to BEPS action 1 and action 7, can the amendments of the “specific activity exemptions” in article 5 paragraph 4 of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and Capital (the model convention) counter the issue of an artificial avoidance of a PE status. The main issues that are connected to the concept of a permanent establishment are artificial avoidance of the status of a permanent establishment, the use of transfer pricing rules in order to artificially allocate the profits of a permanent establishment to low tax states and finally that some enterprises that operate within the digital economy can avoid the status of a permanent establishment due to the lack of physical presence. READ MORE
