This position paper of the IBFD Academic Task Force (hereinafter IBFD Task Force) relates to the OECD's work on BEPS Action 1 and is devoted to withholding tax aspects. This position paper provides possible solutions to the challenges presented to the international tax regime by the digital...

The report discusses the initial implementation of BEPS in the United States, United States interests, gains and losses in the context of BEPS, and an outlook of the role of the United States in the future international tax regime. The report was prepared on behalf of the United States IFA...

The article argues that the BEPS project has made only minimal progress in its work on the transfer pricing for intangibles, despite the prominence of the issue. More specifically, it achieved none but increased confusion and incoherence in the context of the specific rules for CCAs

This position paper provides possible solutions to the challenges presented to the international tax regime by the digital economy. It considers the option of installing a broad withholding mechanism based upon the base erosion principle both as a primary response to these challenges or in...

The objective of this contribution is to provide the OECD with a view to designing the final 2020 Report, the EU Institutions projecting an eventual legislative action and whatever States considering or (re)considering unilateral measures in the field of taxation of the digitalized economy with...

Unprecedented attention to aggressive international tax planning has shaken the earth under the most powerful players in the world of international tax policy design. The media exposure of what Bloomberg's calls “The Great Corporate Tax Dodge,” combined with the ever-growing discontent of...

The article argues that despite the fanfare around it, the outcome of the BEPS project is unlikely to be dramatic, at least in the short term. Beyond a period of increased legal uncertainty and aggressive enforcement by some countries, it expects little substantive change in tax treaties. The...

The terms “enterprise,” “business” and “business profits” are ubiquitous in U.S. and international tax law yet they are often ill-defined and under-theorized, especially in their interaction with other regulatory areas. This U.S. Report, commissioned for a comparative volume on the...