Out of all double tax treaties (DTTs) in force in 2012, around 41% are symmetric and 59% are asymmetric, i.e., they prescribe different dividend withholding tax rates (WTRs) depending on the foreign investor's ownership fraction. The paper investigates the reasons for this phenomenon, namely why...

Securities transactions in the U.S. climbed on a net basis from $19 billion in 1983 to $50 billion in 1985. This rise was due almost entirely to an increase in foreign purchases of U.S. securities - largely corporate and government bonds. One reason suggested for this phenomenon is foreign...

Das Werk beantwortet alle wichtigen Fragestellungen zur Besteuerung von Kapitalerträgen im Privatvermögen. Es zeichnet sich durch seinen hohen Praxisbezug, viele Fallbeispiele sowie einen Frage-Antwort-Katalog zu jedem Kapitel aus. Die neue Auflage 4 wurde aktualisiert und um die Thematik der...