Portuguese Abstract: Esta contribuição teve como objetivo rever criticamente as razões apresentadas por organizações internacionais, governos e decisores políticos para justificar as medidas/iniciativas destinadas a enfrentar os desafios fiscais decorrentes da digitalização da...

This article examines the compatibility of the OECD's proposed rules on GloBE (pillar II) with EU law, covering both primary law and secondary law. In addition, it discusses the amendments required by the implementation of this initiative within the internal market. In what concerns...

This study was developed based on the IBFD EU Task Force's submission within the framework of the European Commission 2021 public consultation on the use of shell entities and arrangements for tax purposes. The analysis of the broad ramifications of this central issue within corporate tax law...

This article assesses the related potentially positive and negative implications of the possible introduction of an EU digital levy, as discussed in the February-April 2021 public consultation promoted by the European Commission. In doing so, it engages in an analysis based on broader policy...

The Court’s judgment in Société Générale reinforces the established case law that EU law neither prohibits juridical double taxation as such nor does it put an obligation on the residence Member State to prevent the disadvantages which could arise from the exercise of competence thus...

This chapter focuses on addressing the prospective compatibility of the proposed Pillar Two rules with EU primary law and, in particular, the fundamental freedoms. In this respect, the authors observed that, as the Pillar Two package is a composite one, a distinction would need to be made...

English abstract: This article provides an examination of the two last components of the CJEU's reasoning when assessing the compatibility of domestic tax rules with the TFEU's fundamental freedoms. It argues that contrary to what many authors sustain, justification and proportionality have to...

This article is focused on the Court's decision in Hornbach-Baumarkt (Case C-382/16) (Hornbach) which is an important clarification of the conditional compatibility of arm's length-based domestic transfer pricing legislation with the freedom of establishment. Hornbach follows and confirms the...

This article provides a comprehensive exame of the decisions of the EU General Court in the cases The Netherlands v. Commission (Starbucks) (Joined Cases C-760/15 and T-636/16) (hereinafter Starbucks NL) and Luxembourg v. Commission (Fiat Finance and Trade) (Joined Cases T-755/15 and T-759/15)...