scholarly journals Double tax discrimination to attract FDI and fight profit shifting: The role of CFC rules

2018 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 25-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Haufler ◽  
Mohammed Mardan ◽  
Dirk Schindler
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INFO ARTHA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Alfa Mightyn ◽  
Arifah Fibri Andriani

One cause for the inability to achieve the expected tax revenue target for some last years was the practice of tax avoidance. One form of tax avoidance is the utilization of Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) to defer the recognition of income from overseas over WPDN capital to be taxed in the country. This practice is also faced by many other countries in the world. The issue of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) has been of concern to developed and developing countries. G20 countries cooperate with OECD to form a BEPS Project to formulate measures to address these BEPS. Indonesia as one of the Associate Members of the Project BEPS has a position that is parallel to the other OECD countries and participates in implementing the BEPS results. BEPS Project has resulted in BEPS Action Plans which one of them is Action 3: Strengthening CFC Rules. Action 3 will provide recommendations to the domestic law related to the design of CFC Rules. Until now, related to Action 3, BEPS Project has issued a Public Discussion Draft Action 3: Strengthening CFC Rules. This draft is divided into seven "building blocks" required for CFC Rules to be effective. The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of CFC Rules in Indonesia, whether it is sufficient to prevent BEPS. After that, we can determine what steps should be taken by Indonesian tax authorities to strengthen the CFC Rules in Indonesia based on seven dimensions of building blocks. The conclusions of this study are (1) CFC Rules in Indonesia as a whole have not been able to overcome BEPS; and (2) When compared with the recommendations of the Discussion Draft Action Plan 3, CFC Rules Indonesia needs to be improved. However, the necessary improvements should be adjusted to match the needs and characteristics of Indonesia. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S3) ◽  
pp. 1447-1454

The objective of this paper is to the study the impact of the amendment of India Mauritius DTAA on foreign investment in India. It provides adetailed analysis of how Mauritius, a small island country became the most favourite route for foreign investor in India during the period 2000 to 2017. The paper identifies the reasons for emergence of Mauritius as the foremost exporter of foreign capital to India and in this context examines the role of the Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes of Income and Capital Gains between India and Mauritius (DTAC). In 2016, DTAC was amended and with the implementation of General Anti Avoidance Rule (GARR) from 2017 by India and changes in international taxation zeitgeist due to OECD project on Base Erosion Profit Shifting (BEPS) the Mauritius route faced new challenges. The paper studies the influence of these changes on FPI and FDI investments flow from Mauritius to India.It finds that advantage of Mauritius in FDI and FPI flow has come down in 2018-19 and its share in foreign investment is likely to come down further with the amendment of the DTAC taking full effect from April 2019. However,amendment has given Mauritius a competitive advantage in channelizing debt investment to India as compared to its competitors like Singapore and the Netherlands and in future we may see higher debt investment from Mauritius.


Author(s):  
Marcos Aurelio Pereira Valadão

This paper analyzes the Contemporary International Tax System with focus on international tax cooperation, the participants of this context, that goes beyond the countries, and the issues that are present in base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) Project with the focus on  those that are the most important for developing countries, also taking into consideration the Brazilian approach to those issues. It also verifies the role of international organizations (including NGOs), The paper consider other aspects, for example, the south Centre initiative on tax cooperation, and the biased approach from the northern rich countries towards the south poorer economies, coming to the conclusion that the differences between the needs of of developed and developing countries, which affect their tax systems, and the different tax systems itself, must be taken into account.


2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Dischinger ◽  
Bodo Knoll ◽  
Nadine Riedel
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2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Koerver Schmidt

Abstract Recently, the controlled foreign company (CFC) rules have gained increased attention; as such, rules play an important role in the ongoing efforts of the OECD/G20 and the European Commission with respect to addressing base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). In this context, the article revisits the CFC regimes of the Nordic countries in order to assess whether these regimes are in line with the recommendations from the OECD/G20 and to determine whether Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, as EU member states, will have to make amendments if the commission’s proposal for an Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive is adopted in its current form. It is concluded that the Nordic CFC regimes in many ways already are in line with the recommendations as well as the directive, but also that certain amendments have to be made.


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