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Tax Avoidance and EC Treaty Freedoms


ISBN13: 9789041124029
ISBN: 9041124020
Published: December 2005
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Country of Publication: The Netherlands
Format: Hardback
Price: £222.00



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This unique book investigates the extent tot which a taxpayer may invoke the freedom of movement within the Community in order to avoid national direct taxes. A Member State s right to protect its taxing authority and tax jurisdiction may collide with a Union citizen s right to free movement under Community law. The author shows what at the national level is viewed as abuse may often be viewed from an EC law perspective as invoking the Treaty freedoms.

As his starting point, the author describes relevant Community law as it stands at present, whereby Member States are exclusively authorized to determine the types, tax bases, rates, and procedural aspects of direct taxes. He goes on to examine the possibilities offered by primary EC law to cross-border taxpayers who seek to avoid tax, basing his presentation on an in-depth analysis of the tax and non-tax case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. Among the issues raised in the course of the analysis are the following:-

  • applicability of each of the freedoms of the citizen, of goods, of workers, of establishment, of services, and of capital;
  • tests entailed by Community law: the economic activity test, the artificiality test, and the substance test;
  • the extent to which holding and letterbox companies may invoke the freedom of movement; and
  • the fiscal cohesion justification.
The author describes the implicit concept of avoidance that the Court apparently uses by examining its tax and non-tax decisions in avoidance-like cases, thus offering a valuable discussion of whether the anti-abuse doctrine development by the Court is a principle of Community law. In its thorough investigation of a major current manifestation of the emblematic conflict between state taxing authority and personal freedom, this thoughtful and well-researched analysis will be of great value to tax professionals, officials, and academics not only on Europe but wherever this fundamental problem in tax law applies.

Subjects:
Taxation
Contents:
Preface.
About the Author.
List of Abbreviations.
1. Introduction.
The questions to be answered.
Delimitation of the research.
Method: The Court s three-step test.
2. Access to the EC Treaty Freedoms (Step One).
Introduction.
Invoking the freedom of movement.
Access to the EC Treaty freedoms and tax avoidance: Conclusions.
3. Restriction of the EC Treaty Freedoms (The second Step).
Introduction.
Prohibition of discrimination and prohibition of restrictions under the freedom of movement.
Prohibition of measures without distinction (first concept of freedom).
Discrimination and the prohibition of restrictions versus anti-(tax) avoidance measures.
Restrictions of the EC Treaty freedoms and tax avoiders: Conclusions.
4. Prevention of Tax Avoidance as a Justification of Restrictions of the EC Treaty Freedoms (The Third Step).
Introduction.
Exceptions to the EC Treaty freedoms.
Prevention of abuse, avoidance.
The need to safeguard the cohesion of the tax system as compelling reason of general public interest.
Prevention of tax avoidance as justification: Conclusion.
5. Tax Avoidance and the EC Treaty Freedoms.
Summary.
Conditions under which tax avoidance may be prevented.
Reflections on the future: Are Member States being forced to harmonise their tax laws because of the limited possibilities of preventing tax avoidance?
Index.

Series: EUCOTAX Series on European Taxation

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Published August 2011
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Published December 2010
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Europe-China Tax Treaties ISBN 9789041132161
Published June 2010
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Taxation of Ucits: Austria Germany the Netherlands and the Uk ISBN 9789041128393
Published October 2009
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Integration Approaches to Group Taxation in European Internal Market ISBN 9789041127792
Published October 2008
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Tax Compliance Costs for Companies in an Enlarged European Community ISBN 9789041126665
Published May 2008
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£224.00
ECJ-Recent Developments in Direct Taxation ISBN 9789041125095
Published March 2006
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£177.00
Limitation on Benefits Clauses in Double Taxation Conventions ISBN 9789041123701
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WTO and Direct Taxation ISBN 9789041123718
Published May 2005
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Tax Competition and EU Law
Carlo PintoResearch Associate, Department of Law, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN 9789041199133
Published May 2003
Kluwer Law International
£290.00
Settlement of Disputes in Tax Treaty Law ISBN 9789041199041
Published September 2002
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£298.00
Tax Treaty Interpretation
Edited by: Michael Lang
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Published June 2002
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The Impact of Community Law on Tax Treaties: Issues and Solutions ISBN 9789041198600
Published February 2002
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The Principle of Equality in European Taxation ISBN 9789041196934
Published October 1999
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The Compatibility of Anti-abuse Provisions in Tax Treaties with EC Law
ISBN 9789041196781
Published January 1999
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