Essays about: "EU GAAR"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words EU GAAR.
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1. The General Anti-Avoidance Rules in International Tax Law and the Rule of Law – The Issue of Predictability and Taxpayers’ Rights
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This paper addresses a principle in international taxation that has long been a subject of controversy in many countries regarding the countering of abusive maneuverings in tax matters and had engendered debates amongst academic scholars concerning its predictibility. This anti-abuse principle, doctrine or clause in international tax matters had over the years received many names according to variant applied in each country. READ MORE
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2. In What Way Does the Russian GAAR Comply With EU ATAD and BEPS Rules?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : The issues of tackling aggressive tax planning are actual throughout the whole history of global market economy. Earlier this struggle was held by the states individually through imposing rules into their national legislation authorizing tax supervisory bodies to use new methods of control, establishing liability for tax evasion, and developing the approaches by judgements of the courts on relevant cases. READ MORE
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3. Fiscal Sovereignty and State Aid in the field of Direct Taxation of EU Law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : This thesis investigates if the recent decisions by the Commission on State aid in direct tax law are intruding on the EU Member States’ fiscal sovereignty. The author concludes that the Commission’s basic legal arguments of the reference system, being the corporate income tax system of the relevant Member States, as well as the arm’s length principle as a tool to assess selectivity in article 107(1) TFEU, are problematic from a fiscal sovereignty point of view. READ MORE
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4. Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements Within EU: Under what Conditions could Single Taxation Be Secured?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : The purpose of the thesis is to analyse the problems of hybrid mismatch arrangements within the EU and how single taxation, which requires income to be taxed once, not more or less, can be secured under EU law. After the amendments of the Parent-Subsidiary Directive (PSD), where an anti-hybrid rule was enacted, the legal environment for companies within the European Union changed. READ MORE
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5. Is BEPS Action 6 “Preventing Treaty abuse” compatible with the EU Law concept of abuse?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : 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
