Essays about: "General Anti-Abuse Rule"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words General Anti-Abuse Rule.

  1. 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 institutionen

    Author : Rufus Bloh Senyon; [2022]
    Keywords : GAAR; OECD Treaty GAAR; EU GAAR; Taxpayers Rights and Fuller s Morality of Law Principles;

    Abstract : 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

  2. 2. In What Way Does the Russian GAAR Comply With EU ATAD and BEPS Rules?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Aleksei Shcherbakov; [2020]
    Keywords : Tax law; tax abuse; GAAR; ATAD; BEPS; CFC; EU law; Russian tax law; tax avoidance; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 3. Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements Within EU: Under what Conditions could Single Taxation Be Secured?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Margret Agusta Sigurdardottir; [2016]
    Keywords : Tax; Taxation; Tax Law; Direct Taxation; Fundamental Freedoms; Double Taxation; Double Non-Taxation; Tax Avoidance; Aggressive Tax Planning; The Single Tax Principle; Single Taxation; Tax Treaty Law; GAAR; General Anti-Abuse Rule; Exemption Method; Credit Method; Dividend; Interest; Classification of Income; International Tax Regime; ECJ Case Law; Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements; Hybrid Financial Instruments; Parent-Subsidiary Directive; Base Erosion and Profit Shifting; BEPS; BEPS Action Plan 2; Anti-Hybrid Rules; Linking Rules; Correspondence Principle; Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive Proposal; Parent-Subsidiary Directive Amendments; Justification Grounds; EU Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 4. Limitations on interest deductions: does BEPS action 4 presume tax avoidance?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Latifa Omri; [2016]
    Keywords : Interest; limitations; deductions; BEPS; action 4; tax avoidance; presumption; international tax law; EU law; CJEU; thin capitalization; thin cap rules; anti-tax avoidance; fixed ratio rule; group ratio rule; the best practice approach; fundamental freedoms; case law.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Debt and equity are in most countries treated differently for taxing purposes. The asymmetry between the financing forms are being taken advantage of by MNEs, allowing them to plan their cross-border activities in a way that lowers the taxable burden for the whole group. READ MORE

  5. 5. BEPS Action 6 - An inclusion of anti-abuse measures in tax treaties to prevent the improper use of a tax treaty - Are the measures suggested in BEPS Action 6 necessary from a Swedish perspective?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Johanna Fridh; [2016]
    Keywords : Tax treaty; tax treaty override; improper use of a tax treaty; anti-abuse rules; Limitation-on-benefits; Principal purpose test; General Anti-avoidance rules; BEPS; Action 6; agressive tax planning; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis provides an overview of the relationship between tax treaties and domestic law and issues that arise if a contracting state uses domestic anti-avoidance rules to prevent the improper use of a tax treaty. Improper use of a tax treaty is an issue addressed in the BEPS Action 6 report. READ MORE