OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project Limiting Base Erosion Involving Interest Deductions and Other Financial Payments, Action 4 - 2015 Final Report

OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project Limiting Base Erosion Involving Interest Deductions and Other Financial Payments, Action 4 - 2015 Final Report
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2015-10-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9264241175

Addressing base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) is a key priority of governments. In 2013, OECD and G20 countries, working together on an equal footing, adopted a 15-point Action Plan to address BEPS. This publication is the final report for Action 4.

OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project Limiting Base Erosion Involving Interest Deductions and Other Financial Payments, Action 4 - 2016 Update Inclusive Framework on BEPS

OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project Limiting Base Erosion Involving Interest Deductions and Other Financial Payments, Action 4 - 2016 Update Inclusive Framework on BEPS
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2016-12-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9264268332

The 2015 Report on BEPS Action 4 established a common approach which directly links an entity’s net interest deductions to its level of economic activity, based on taxable EBITDA. Further work on two aspects of the common approach was completed in 2016 and this is included in this update.

Profit Shifting and Tax Base Erosion

Profit Shifting and Tax Base Erosion
Author: Danuše Nerudová
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2021-07-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030749622

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of current techniques for profit shifting and tax base erosion in the area of corporate taxation and measurement. Firstly, it explains the relevance of the issue at hand – profit shifting and base erosion in the context of the 21st century. In turn, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of available techniques for the identification and measurement of profit shifting and base erosion, which adopt both the macro and micro perspective. It also provides examples from selected post-communist countries now in the EU, including the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. Concrete recommendations for economic policy round out the coverage.

Limiting Base Erosion Involving Interest Deductions and Other Financial Payments, Action 4 - 2016 Update

Limiting Base Erosion Involving Interest Deductions and Other Financial Payments, Action 4 - 2016 Update
Author: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Publisher: Organization for Economic Co-Operation & Development
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Corporations
ISBN: 9789264268326

The 2015 Report established a common approach which directly links an entity's net interest deductions to its level of economic activity, based on taxable earnings before interest income and expense, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA).

Taxation of Derivatives and Cryptoassets

Taxation of Derivatives and Cryptoassets
Author: Oktavia Weidmann
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2024-06-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9403523840

Derivatives stand at the forefront of financial innovation, continually evolving to accommodate new asset classes and risk categories. In the past decade, the growing popularity of cryptoassets and ESG investments has sparked the development of a variety of innovative investment strategies and risk management tools, including crypto and ESG derivatives and related structured products. This new edition has similarly evolved. Using illustrative examples, it provides a comprehensive analysis of the key tax issues associated with derivatives and cryptoassets in domestic and cross-border transactions and presents approaches that tax legislators could adopt to solve them. The new edition also comments on recent trends in global tax policy, such as the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) 1.0 and 2.0 projects. Throughout the book, specific references are made to UK, German, and Swiss tax law. The updated edition addresses the following topics: economic and financial properties of derivatives and cryptoassets; definition of derivatives for tax purposes and its application to crypto derivatives and ESG derivatives, among others; accounting treatment of derivatives and cryptoassets under IFRS, UK, German and US GAAP; current tax legislation and policy alternatives to the taxation of derivatives and cryptoassets; characterisation of derivatives gains and losses as income or capital, and equity or debt; accounting and taxation treatment of hedging transactions involving derivatives or cryptoassets; accounting and taxation rules applying to structured products and hybrid instruments, including crypto and ESG-linked structured products; withholding taxes on derivatives and the concept of beneficial ownership in domestic and cross-border transactions; and anti-avoidance legislation applying to derivatives and cryptoassets, including the domestic law implementation of BEPS Action 2, the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directives (ATAD I and II), the tax transparency rules for cryptoassets (DAC8) and Pillar Two. This comprehensive book analyses recent developments in three intertwined areas of expertise: financial products, accounting and tax law. It will be a valuable resource to tax professionals in their daily practice of advising companies, banks and investment funds. It will also be of interest to government officials and researchers engaged in the taxation of derivatives, cryptoassets, and ESG investment products.

A Guide to the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive

A Guide to the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive
Author: Werner Haslehner
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2020-06-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 178990577X

This book provides a concise, practical guide to the European Union’s Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD). Presenting unique insights into the ATAD’s five specific anti-avoidance rules, its chapters explain the background of those rules, the directive’s interactions with relevant jurisprudence, and the challenges posed to the ATAD’s interpretation and implementation in domestic law.

OECD Economic Surveys: South Africa 2022

OECD Economic Surveys: South Africa 2022
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2022-08-25
Genre:
ISBN: 926440502X

The COVID-19 crisis has weakened an already fragile economy. South Africa’s growth underperformed during the past decade: GDP per capita was already lower in 2019 than in 2008. Unemployment remains high, at around 35%, and youth unemployment even exceeds 50%. In the meantime, spending pressures are mounting to close the financing gap in health, infrastructure and higher education.

Corporate Tax Statistics, Second Edition

Corporate Tax Statistics, Second Edition
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2020-07-08
Genre:
ISBN: 926440130X

Corporate Tax Statistics is a flagship OECD publication on corporate income tax, bringing together a range of information on corporate taxation, MNE activity, and base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) practices. This second edition of Corporate Tax Statistics includes, for the first time, anonymised and aggregated Country-by-Country reporting data.

Double non-taxation and the use of hybrid entities

Double non-taxation and the use of hybrid entities
Author: Leopoldo Parada
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2023-12-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 940354676X

The topics of double non-taxation and hybrid entities have acquired particular importance in a context where transformations in the tax world have led to international commitments materialised in the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. In what is the first systematic in-depth analysis of the OECD BEPS Action Plan 2 and hybrid entities, this timely book provides a critical review of the approach adopted by the OECD and proposes a deeply informed alternative method to deal with the problem of hybrid entity mismatches. The author analyses the interaction between the double non-taxation outcome and the use of hybrid entities in an approach not strictly linked to any specific tax jurisdiction. To this end, the analysis includes case studies and examples from a range of jurisdictions emphasising the international tax context, also including the application of tax treaties. Among the seminal matters covered in this edition are the following: foundations of the concepts of double non-taxation and hybrid entities; extensive analysis based on the rules of characterisation of foreign entities for tax purposes in the United States, Spain, Denmark, and Germany, as well as on the Poland/United States and Canada/United States tax treaties; in-depth analysis of the implications of Article 1(2) OECD Model Tax Convention and Article 3(1) Multilateral Instrument (MLI), especially considering the position of developing (source) countries; detailed analysis of the OECD BEPS Action 2 and its recommendations (linking rules), including its implementation in the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD); and elaborated alternative method to deal with hybrid entity mismatches (reactive coordination rule), which is informed by the tax policy aims of simplicity, coherence, and administrability. Detailed comparisons between the author’s proposal and other existing rules elucidate common points and deviations. If merely for its unparalleled clarification of the issues, this book will prove of immeasurable value to practitioners, tax authorities, policymakers and academics concerned with international tax law. Beyond that, as an authoritative guide that promises to reorient the discussion to what really matters in the debate regarding hybrid entity mismatches, this analysis elaborates solutions applicable to a generality of cases worldwide and, therefore, hugely promotes the urgent quest for alternative views.