In this article, the author discusses the assistance of examples of the application of the principal purpose test (PPT) listed in the Commentary on Article 29(9) of the OECD Model (2017) in establishing the legal certainty of the test. To demonstrate the weak elements of the PPT, the author...

Mit § 4k EStG wurden Regelungen zur Bekämpfung hybrider Gestaltungen eingeführt. Dabei sind viele wesentliche Fragen unbeantwortet geblieben. Virginia Lepsien untersucht die Auslegungsfragen des § 4k EStG und hinterfragt kritisch, ob der Gesetzgeber mit dieser Rechtsnorm sein ursprüngliches...

Purpose - For many global firms and corporate oligopolies, transfer pricing is essential. The transfer pricing literature as it is currently written is succinctly summarized in this study. The authors offer a thorough analysis of transfer pricing research in this study. This review sheds light...

Bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs) with particular reference to India's network of DTAAs are analysed here to assess national benefits from DTAAs and make suggestions for future policy directions for India's DTAAs. Though DTAAs are a tool of tax coordination used by nations...

As part of its action plan against base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), the OECD (2015) has proposed six indicators to measure profit shifting activity. These indicators add to past and ongoing efforts in academic tax research to empirically identify the scale and tax sensitivity of...

In its 2015 Final Report on “Measuring and Monitoring BEPS, Action 11”, the OECD introduced six indicators to quantify and evaluate base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) activity over time. In this study, we revisit three selected indicators, provide a numerical update for recent periods...