Essays about: "Double tax treaty"

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  1. 6. Is BEPS Action 6 “Preventing Treaty abuse” compatible with the EU Law concept of abuse?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Amela Juka; [2016]
    Keywords : Treaty shopping; Treaty abuse; Anti-abuse rules; Double non-taxation; CJEU; LOB Clause; PPT rule; wholly artificial arrangements ; GAAR; BEPS; BEPS action 6; OECD; EU Fundamental Freedoms; EU law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In September 2015, the OECD released the final report on BEPS action 6. The main purpose of the action 6 is the prevention of "granting treaty benefits in inappropriate circumstances". Regarding the prevention of treaty abuse the OECD presented three main recommendations. These actions are only proposals and therefore they constitute soft law. READ MORE

  2. 7. The Principal Purpose Test under BEPS Action 6: Does the OECD Proposal Fit the EU Legal Framework?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Oleksandr Koriak; [2016]
    Keywords : Treaty Shopping; Treaty Abuse; BEPS; GAAR; PPT; Principal Purpose Test; Anti-Abuse Rules; EU Fundamental Freedoms; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : On October 5, 2015, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published the final package of 15 actions under the BEPS initiative. This package, in particular, includes the Final Report on Action 6 – ‘Preventing the granting of treaty benefits in inappropriate circumstances’, which is intended to provide countries with the ‘minimum level of protection against treaty abuse’. READ MORE

  3. 8. Exit Taxation in the European Union, Is there really a problem?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Vladislav Dabija; [2015]
    Keywords : Exit taxation; Fundamental freedoms; Treaty override; Double taxation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Exit taxes represent an expression of state’s sovereignty by taxing value increases of assets, hidden reserves and any untaxed income that arose on its territory. These taxes are triggered before the state of emigration loses its power of taxation as a result of the transfer to the jurisdiction of another state when an individual or company changes residency. READ MORE

  4. 9. Potential double tax treaty override of South African exit taxation law – how do tax treaties allocate the right to tax unrealized gains?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Thina Bambeni; [2015]
    Keywords : South Africa; South African exit tax; treaty override; Tradehold Ltd; Shuttleworth v South African Reserve Bank; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : South African income tax legislation makes provision for the levying of exit taxes or charges when individuals emigrate from or companies cease to be residents or become headquarter companies, or when controlled foreign companies (CFC) cease to be CFCs otherwise than by way of becoming residents. As indicated by the title the discourse followed in this paper entails the analysis of treaties to ascertain the connecting factors employed by the OECD Model treaty giving rise to signatories levying exit taxes. READ MORE

  5. 10. Problems of taxation of investment funds and underlying investors

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Andriy Byelka; [2013]
    Keywords : investment fund; CIV; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Different treatment of investment fund has a result of double taxation or non-taxation. The Court of Justice of the European Union has stated that in principle, juridical double taxation is not in itself unlawful, as there is no obligation for Member States to adapt their own tax systems to the different systems of tax of other Member States in order to eliminate the double taxation arising from the exercise in parallel of their fiscal sovereignty. READ MORE