In this article, the author focuses on the direct and indirect tax case law of the European Court of Justice and uses this to attempt to determine a uniform interpretation of the principle of the prohibition of the abuse of EU tax law

Albania journey towards EU membership is governed by the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), signed on June 12th, 2006. This article rises above Albania's obligations for the alignment of its tax legislation with EU standards and acquis, clearly defined in Title VI of the SAA. Unlike...

The decisions of the European Court of Justice in applying the Treaty principles of freedom of movement to the direct taxation of individuals have been strongly criticised as taking an overly simplistic view of the interactions between national tax systems. The interactions often make...

Abuse is one of the core issues in EU direct tax matters. Much has been written over the past years. The discussion on the interpretation and application of the different elements of the anti-abuse clauses appears to be settling. However, an equally fascinating discussion appears to be emerging:...

This is a thematic report on the topic of "Administrative Surcharges: Instruments of Cooperative Tax Compliance Regimes" for the 2015 annual meeting of the European Association of Tax Law Professors in Milan. Professors participating in the meeting were surveyed regarding their countries' use of...

In the national and supranational legal area, the need to address the ne bis in idem principle is justified by the growing interest aroused by the most recent pronouncements of the European Courts. The principle prohibits anyone who has already been acquitted or convicted in a previous trial...

To ensure the neutrality of EU VAT, a supplier can (in principle) under Article 90 of the VAT Directive, reduce the taxable amount if – among other situations – the customer fails to pay for the supply (non-payment or 'bad debt'). Article 185 addresses the other side of the transaction and...

The article assesses the impact of a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) as promoted by the European Commission and the related Working Groups on the effective tax burdens of companies in all 27 EU member states. The results shall help to evaluate the economic consequences of introducing a...

Place of taxation rules are the seminal cross-jurisdictional provisions of any consumption tax regime. They determine where among competing jurisdictions a particular service is taxed. They are not important for transactions that are restricted to a single jurisdiction and to businesses or...

The main aim of this study is to present the basic principles of taxing revenue derived from activities carried out by farmers in Poland, resulting from the regulations of tax law in Poland, and propose solutions concerning that law as it should stand. These are revenues derived from...