The planned movement to the origin principle with the cross-border pre-tax system on a full-scale would lead, ceteris paribus, to changes in VAT revenues in the individual EU countries. For instance, the member countries with trade surpluses and higher VAT rates would be significantly better...

By exploiting country-by-country reports (CBCRs) prepared according to the OECD BEPS Action 13's minimum standards and voluntarily published by multinational corporations (MNCs), we show that the CBCR data can be used to identify how much MNCs pay in taxes and where, as well as how important tax...

As a result of the confidential sharing of data among tax authorities in different jurisdictions, effective tax rates have risen by between one and two percentage points. This demonstrates that the rules in place are working. By contrast, the publication of sensitive corporate data online makes...

Ursprünglich sollte die Duty Free Regelung bereits mit der Errichtung des EU-Binnenmarktes zum 1. Junuar 1993 auslaufen. Um den betroffenen Unternehmen eine Anpassung an die geänderte steuerliche Situation zu gewähren, wurde eine Übergangsregelung mit Ablauf 30. Juni 1999 geschaffen. Gegen...

This article explores the question whether the ECJ should take account of the budgetary consequences of its decisions in the field of taxation, when deciding on the temporal effect of these decisions. The authors first suggest a normative framework for answering this question, by making the...

Two global transparency initiatives are underway that could help tackle financial crimes including tax evasion, money laundering and corruption: registration of beneficial ownership for companies (to identify the real persons owning or controlling such companies) and automatic exchange of bank...