Rising fuel subsidies have contributed to fiscal pressures in India. A key policy concern regarding subsidy reform is the adverse welfare impact on households, in particular poor households. This paper evaluates the fiscal and welfare implications of fuel subsidy reform in India. Fuel subsidies...

Nonprofit section 501(c)(3) organizations are prohibited from participating or intervening in an election on behalf of a candidate for public office. Despite this prohibition, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations have become increasingly active in political campaigns. Many organizations are either...

Portuguese abstract: Este livro fornece uma visão abrangente da forma como o Tribunal de Justiça da União Europeia aplica a análise da proporcionalidade, especialmente no que diz respeito à avaliação da compatibilidade das regras de tributação direta nacionais com as liberdades...

The main purpose of this book is to promote the dissemination of the basic notions of taxation from a policy, legal and administrative perspective, offering its readers a balanced view of rights and obligations connected with the levying of taxes. The book sets out current principles of taxation...

This article deals with the decision taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union in September 2014 regarding the compatibility of inheritance taxation with the fundamental freedoms (Commission v. Spain (Case C-127/12) and Commission v. Germany (Case C-211/13)).The authors welcome the...

This article deals with the decision taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Groupe Steria SCA (Case C-386/14), in respect of which the Second Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) delivered its decision on 2 September 2015, following the Opinion of Advocate...

This article deals with the decision taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Sopora (Case C-512/13), which was decided by the Grand Chamber of the ECJ on 24 February 2015. It concerns the question of whether a specific requirement to obtain a tax advantage for foreign (incoming)...

This article deals with the decision taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Miljoen and others (Joined Cases C-10/14, C-14/14 and C-17/14), in respect of which the Third Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) delivered its decision on 17 September 2015,...

In this article, the author makes a critical exam of a decision of the Portuguese Supreme Administrative Court which interprets the prohibition of discriminatory treatment as enshrined in tax treaties and assesses whether nationals of another State may access, in the same conditions, tax...