Essays about: "Model Tax Convention"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the words Model Tax Convention.

  1. 6. Does the Substance over Form approach implemented as a result of the BEPS package reconciles the Permanent Establishment definition with the existence of economic allegiances?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Moisés Zúñiga Vargas; [2019]
    Keywords : Taxes; Permanent Establishment; economic allegiances; MLI; OECD; BEPS; Model Tax Convention; International taxation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Permanent Establishment (PE) concept plays a key role in the distribution of taxing rights between States by determining when the profits derived by an entity are taxable in a State other than the State of its residency. This concept, originally, evidenced the existence of sufficient economic allegiances between a non-resident entity and a State to justify taxation therein. READ MORE

  2. 7. Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy: Does a Withholding Tax on Certain Digital Transactions Solve the Problem of Missing Taxation Rights, While Being In Line with EU-Law and the OECD Model Convention?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Nina Kim Rica Sparmann; [2019]
    Keywords : Digital Economy; Withholding Tax; Digital Advertisement Services; User Data; Taxes; Direct Taxation; Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy; OECD; Double Taxation; European Fundamental Freedoms; State Aid; Social Media; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates whether the implementation of a withholding tax on financial transactions obtained by the provision of certain digital services could solve the current problem of missing taxation rights regarding the income of highly digitalized multinational business models. Furthermore, the thesis aims to determine whether such tax could be in line with European Union law and the model convention for double taxation treaties issued by the OECD. READ MORE

  3. 8. Does the taxation of permanent establishment ensure source-based taxation on business profits? - An analysis of cross-border services

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Thanissorn Masuchand; [2018]
    Keywords : permanent establishment; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Services belong to the business sector which contributes most to the world’s economy. Despite that there is no specific provision in the OECD Model Tax Convention which concerns the taxation of business services specifically. READ MORE

  4. 9. 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 institutionen

    Author : John Gillespie; [2018]
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    Abstract : 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

  5. 10. Tangible Intangibles in the United States’ Tax Cuts and Jobs Act : How Mixed Definitions of “Intangible” Lead to Mixed Results in the United States’ Efforts to Close Tax Loopholes, Move to a Territorial Tax System, and Reduce Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Abuses

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : James Summers; [2018]
    Keywords : tax; law; international tax law; intangible; tangible; property; income; definition; territorial tax system; worldwide tax system; OECD; WTO; United States; TCJA;

    Abstract : The United States’ Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) changed a 30-year-old definition of the term “intangible property” and added assessment requirements for two different types of “intangible income”, both of which deviate from the newly changed general definition of “intangible” and most common understandings of the meaning of the word.  While it may appear unlikely that a change in meaning of a single word in a large tax code could have a drastic effect on international taxation, the differing definitions of “intangible” create far-reaching tangible consequences. READ MORE