This article deals with case, X-GmbH (Case C-135/17) concerning the compatibility of German CFC legislation with regard to third countries. In Germany, CFC legislation only applies in cross-border situations and not in purely domestic situations. In general, the application of CFC legislation...

This paper is the first to use information from individual country-by-country (CbC) re-ports to assess the extent of profit shifting by multinational enterprises. Unlike other data often used to evaluate the extent of profit shifting and tax avoidance, CbC reports pro-vide a complete coverage of...

This article deals with the decision taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union in September 2014 regarding the compatibility of inheritance taxation with the fundamental freedoms (Commission v. Spain (Case C-127/12) and Commission v. Germany (Case C-211/13)).The authors welcome the...

This paper is the first to use information from individual country-by-country (CbC) re-ports to assess the extent of profit shifting by multinational enterprises. Unlike other data often used to evaluate the extent of profit shifting and tax avoidance, CbC reports pro-vide a complete coverage of...

For tax purposes, Belgium allows companies to take into account an NID on their equity. This regime enables companies to tax corporate profits in Belgian finance companies virtually for free. This case study presents in a first step how such finance companies can be set up. Then, using a unique...

Dieser Aufsatz analysiert den Einfluss der Unternehmensrechtsform auf die Internationalisierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU). Entsprechend der aus der Law and Economics-Literatur und dem Transaktionskostenansatz abgeleiteten Hypothese sollte eine haftungsbegrenzte...

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of thin-capitalization rules in preventing debt finance by intercompany loans and explores their consequences for corporate decisions. A theoretical discussion emphasizes that limitations of the deduction of interest owed to foreign affiliates would not only...

We analyze the compliance costs of individual taxpyers resulting from the German income tax. using survey data that has been raised between December 2008 and April 2009, we find evidence for a considerably higher cost burden of self-employed taxpaxers. Taxable income and the demand for external...

Rechtsanwalt Alfons Kühn, Steuerabteilungsleiter DIHK, betonte die Notwendigkeit, den Betrug durch Systemkorrekturen beherrschbar zu machen. Im Interesse der redlichen Unternehmer sollten allerdings nicht die Ausnahmen im Rahmen des § 13b UStG immer weiter ausgebaut und schließlich zum...

Nach Ansicht des bayerischen Finanzministers, Prof. Dr. Kurt Faltlhauser, muss der Druck (auf Bundesregierung und Europäische Kommission) erhöht werden, um notwendige Veränderungen voranzutreiben und die Steuerausfälle in Zukunft zu vermeiden. Zwar zeigten die bisherigen Maßnahmen gewisse...