Tax Credits

Tax Credits

Double Taxation, Financial institutions, Hybrids, International Tax Law, Limitation on benefits, Principal purpose test, Tax Administration, Tax Credits, Tax Planning, Tax Policy, Tax Treaties, Treaty shopping, United Kingdom, United States, Withholding Taxes

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The relationship between treaties and domestic tax law ought to be straightforward. The pacta servanda sunt principle expressed in articles 26 and 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties itself implies that treaty obligations must be upheld notwithstanding domestic law. A variety of constitutional arrangements around the world mean that there is…

CCCTB, Tax Credits, Tax Planning, Tax Treaties, Withholding Taxes

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There are several misconceptions in international taxation, some of them more pervasive than others.  Many are often repeated by speakers at tax conferences without being contradicted. The first is the so-called interest deduction bias.  It is not the main topic of this blog, but I will deal with it by way of introduction. The Interest…

Hybrids, Tax Credits, Tax Treaties

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In many European countries, the question of legal personality has relevance for determining the transparent character of a business entity for tax purposes and this assessment is even more complex when the entity has been established under foreign law. On the other side, in the United States, any business entity can acquire status of corporation…