Doctor Legum - LLD / Taxation is fundamental for development in South Africa (SA), a developing country with an emerging economy in which taxation is essential to capacitate the government so that it can fulfil its mandate under the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Constitution). This mandate includes bringing about socio-economic transformation, part of transformative constitutionalism, through progressively realising socio-economic rights. This dissertation examines the way in which tax administration may take place efficiently and effectively with due respect for taxpayers' rights. A clear link is shown between taxation, human rights and the South African government's responsibilities to attain its transformation targets. To facilitate this process, the Constitution creates a legal framework for the imposition of tax and for the equitable distribution of tax revenue among the three spheres of government. For historical, political and other reasons, South Africans generally, as happens elsewhere in the world, lack a strong culture of voluntary tax compliance. Wilful non-payment of tax is antithetical to the values of democracy, ubuntu and the rule of law. Tax non-compliance minimises revenue collected from taxation. This, in turn, hinders the attainment of transformation in all its facets. A pressing need exists for laws that, on the one hand, promote tax morality and, on the other, strengthen the South African Revenue Service (SARS) so that it can effectively administer SA's national tax system (or grid). To this end, the Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011 (TAA) is pivotal. It regulates tax administration, a part of public administration. Under the Constitution, SARS is obliged to execute its functions in a manner respectful of taxpayers' rights and that upholds the Constitution’s values and democratic principles. Consequently, the TAA must strike a fair balance between, on the one hand, protecting taxpayers' rights and, on the other, arming SARS with adequate powers with which it can effectively combat the mischief of tax non-compliance. This dissertation shows that, when viewed through the prism of s 36 of the Bill of Rights (BOR), the powers conferred on SARS by ss 45(1), (2), 63(1) and (4) of the TAA to conduct warrantless inspections and searches, as the case may be, limit taxpayers' rights to, inter alia, privacy. It concludes that, whilst ss 63(1) and (4) ought to pass muster, ss 45(1) and (2) are susceptible to a declaration of invalidity under s 172(1) of the Constitution.

The objective of the study was to investigate the right of the South African Government to tax the income earned by a foreign company when rendering services in South Africa to a South African associated enterprise on a recurrent basis, together with the right to tax the amounts paid to the employees of the permanent establishment for services rendered in South Africa. At the same time the research investigated whether the services rendered by a foreign company to an associated enterprise in South Africa on a recurrent basis would constitute a permanent establishment, as this is essential before South Africa may tax either the foreign company or the employees of the permanent establishment (where such employees are not resident in South Africa).The research was conducted by means of a critical analysis of documentary data and data from a limited number of interviews with academics and the authors of textbooks and articles. In order to limit the scope of the research, a number of assumptions were made. Conflicting viewpoints underlying certain of these assumptions were discussed. Some of the important conclusions reached are that the provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties should be taken into account when interpreting South African legislation (including Double Tax Agreements), and that the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Commentary may be relied upon when interpreting OECD based Double Tax Agreements in South Africa. No conclusion was reached on whether to apply an ambulatory or a static basis of interpreting the OECD Commentary, however. The final conclusion of the research is that the services rendered in South Africa on a recurrent basis would be geographically and commercially coherent and consequently meet the "location test'. It is clear that as the services are rendered regularly and recurrently, they would be regarded as having the necessary permanence and would meet the 'duration test'. The place of business would therefore be regarded as being fixed (having the necessary degree of permanence). As the services would be rendered at the place of business of the South African entity, they would be regarded as being rendered 'through' the place of business and the foreign entity would be regarded as having a permanent establishment in South Africa (as defined in Article 5(1) of the OECD Model Tax Convention}. The South African Government would therefore be entitled to tax the income attributable to the permanent establishment and the income earned by the non resident employees, who rendered services in South Africa for the permanent establishment. Once the entitlement to tax exists, South African legislative rules determine how South Africa proceeds to tax the income.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:18:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_antonio_carlos.pdf: 1090508 bytes, checksum: 7ec2d561db841813adc8070ee350537a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-10 / Is it possible to stop the concrete effects of a res judicata in a continuative tax legal relationship after a Supreme Court decision in the same issue? This research explores this question in two different ways: first, from Legal Theory point of view, will be analyzed the formal institutions related with object, with especial attenction to the unconstitutional norm sanction; second, confronting all theoretical models, this research collected data from one of Brazilian High Corts (Superior Tribunal de Justiça) and from High Administrative Court for Tax Disputes (Conselho Administrativo de Recursos Fiscais) with the scope to get a qualitative diagnosis of judicial and administrative decision making in disputes envolving the same object of this dissertantion. From these premisses, was found a trend to assign biding effects to Supreme Court precedents related to tax issues, inserting a new normative expectation to be obeyed by Governement and taxpayers. So, without any legislative reform, any incidental Supreme Court colegial decision can modify res judicata state of right, allowing the interruption of the future effectiveness of such sentences / O presente trabalho tem por o objeto de pesquisa pretende, a partir da contextualização da teoria do direito e direito positivo vigente, estabelecer a resposta para a seguinte pergunta: É possível a cessação dos efeitos da coisa julgada de relações jurídicas continuativas em matéria tributária em face de superveniente decisão plenária do Supremo Tribunal Federal? Para tanto, divide-se o trabalho em duas partes. Na primeira parte, analisaremos os seguintes aspectos: a) enfoque da teoria do direito, onde se estabelecem as premissas teóricas que serão contextualizadas no curso de todo o trabalho; b) complementando as premissas iniciais desenvolvidas anteriormente, analisa-se sanção de inconstitucionalidade sob a ótica constitucional. Ainda estudaremos o modelo teórico difundido pela maior parte da doutrina que o contrapõe ao direito positivo nacional; c) em seguida, a partir do estudo sistemático da coisa julgada e da eficácia da decisão plenária do Supremo Tribunal Federal sobre as relações jurídicas tributárias, serão indicadas as premissas menores do trabalho. Na segunda parte, busca-se, a partir da coleta de dados dos repositórios de jurisprudência do Superior Tribunal de Justiça e Conselho Administrativo de Recursos Fiscais, estabelecer uma análise qualitativa do modelo decisório definido por aquele órgão. A partir das premissas articuladas, conclui-se que o ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, ao menos no que se refere à relação tributária, atribui um caráter vinculativo às decisões plenárias do Supremo Tribunal Federal. Tal caráter constitui verdadeira alteração do arcabouço normativo prévio, pois insere uma nova expectativa normativa que deve ser obedecida pela administração pública e os contribuintes. Logo, a superveniente decisão do STF possui o condão de alterar o estado de direito da sentença atingida pela coisa julgada, o que permite a sustação da eficácia futura da sentença, por meio da ação de modificação

Структура магистерской диссертации состоит из введения, трех глав, заключения и списка использованной литературы. Во введении обосновывается актуальность темы, определяются цели, задачи исследования, указываются объект и предмет исследования. В первой главе рассмотрены понятия, сущность, история развития НДС, раскрывается сущность налогового контроля: его роль и формы организации и особенности взимания НДС. Вторая глава посвящена, проведению исследования практики налогового контроля при налогообложении НДС, анализ механизма взимания НДС, анализ деятельности налоговых органов за исчислением и взиманием НДС на протяжении 2017-2019 гг. В третьей главе рассмотрены проблемы исчисления и взимания НДС и пути их решения. В заключении сделаны соответствующие выводы. / The structure of the master's thesis consists of introduction, three chapters, conclusion and list of used literature. The introduction substantiates the relevance of the topic, defines the goals and objectives of the study, indicates the object and subject of the study. The first chapter discusses the concepts, essence, and history of the development of VAT, reveals the essence of tax control: its role and forms of organization and features of VAT collection. The second chapter is devoted to the study of the practice of tax control in the taxation of VAT, the analysis of the mechanism for collecting VAT, the analysis of the activities of the tax authorities for the calculation and collection of VAT during 2017-2019. The third chapter discusses the problems of calculating and levying VAT and ways to solve them. In conclusion, the corresponding conclusions are made.

El Código Tributario vigente, que regula el fundamento de la potestad sancionadora en materia tributaria, está a disposición de la Administración Tributaria para su utilización en el ejercicio de acciones y ejecución de sanciones tributarias; en la instancia correspondiente ante un organismo de la administración fiscal, según sea el caso, el contribuyente puede hacer valer estos principios. Sin embargo, hay un principio el de culpabilidad, que no es recogido por la autoridad sancionadora en materia tributaria. Es aquí donde surge el desacuerdo ya que habría que evaluar la eficacia de la Administración Tributaria al momento de imponer sanciones o el derecho del ciudadano ya que está prohibido evaluar dicho principio en materia tributaria. Como objetivo general del presente estudio es resolver si el procedimiento sancionador tributario administrativo, vulnera al principio de culpabilidad. Para ello se realizará una investigación cualitativa en la cual se recoge datos no cuantificables basados en observaciones del comportamiento para su posterior interpretación. Concluyéndose que la responsabilidad objetiva solo reconoce que la SUNAT ejecute una precipitada tarea para poder sancionar al contribuyente que comete una infracción, en materia tributaria no existe un procedimiento especial estipulado en el Código Tributario y el artículo 165 tiene que incluir la responsabilidad subjetiva, ya viene a ser un límite a la facultad sancionadora del Estado. / The Tax Administration, in taking measures and executing tax sanctions, has the current Tax Code who controls the foundations of the sanctioning power in tax matters; In the corresponding instance before a tax administration body, as the case may be, the taxpayer can assert these principles. However, there is a principle of guilt, which is not included by the sanctioning authority in tax matters. This is where the disagreement arises since it would be necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the Tax Administration when imposing sanctions or the right of the citizen since it is prohibited to evaluate said principle in tax matters. The general objective of this investigation is to determine if the administrative tax sanctioning procedure violates the principle of culpability. To do this, a qualitative investigation will be carried out in which non-quantifiable data is collected based on behavioral observations for subsequent interpretation. Concluding that objective responsibility only recognizes that SUNAT executes a quick task to be able to sanction the taxpayer who commits an infraction, in tax matters there is no special procedure stipulated in the Tax Code and article 165 has to include subjective responsibility, it is already coming to be a limit to the sanctioning power of the State.

El Estado en uso de la Potestad Tributaria le confiere a la Administración Tributaria facultades tales como de “Determinación y Fiscalización”, las que deben ser ejercidas dentro de los límites de los Principios del derecho tributario plasmados en la Constitución Política como garantías de los contribuyentes, con un reconocimiento implícito destacamos el Principio de Seguridad Jurídica. Es por ello que el tema a desarrollar es una investigacion de si es que el codigo tributario recoge los plazos especificos del tiempo que debe durar una fiscalizacion ,para que no vulnere la seguridad juridica que todo estado de derecho debe tener. Los analisis de materia de investigacion son al articulo 62-A del CT, el cual nos menciona los plazos de inicio de una fiscalizacion , y que los valores se deben emitir dentro del periodo de prescripcion . / With an implicit recognition that we highlight the Principle of Legal Certainty, the State grants the Tax Administration powers such as "Determination and Audit" in the exercise of its tax power. However, these powers must be exercised within the bounds of the tax law principles embodied in the Constitution as guarantees to taxpayers. In order to ensure that an audit does not violate the legal certainty that all rule of law must have, the topic to be developed is an examination into whether the tax code specifies the precise limits of time that an audit should last.

Resume in English Name of the thesis: "FATCA" and its projection into the Czech legal system Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (alias FATCA), the law of the United States, is currently being much discussed topic not even in the Czech Republic, but within the European Union and also globally, as many developed countries are forced to implement its ideas due to their fear of possible sanctions from the USA. The purpose of this act is more efficient fight against the tax evasion of American taxpayers. Along with the adoption of this law the expert community has started to deal with possible issues related to its obeying by foreign entities. Czech Republic has decided to respond to this situation by concluding an intergovernmental agreement with the US government and by adoption of implementing statute to this agreement to avoid any conflicts. This diploma thesis tries to describe the actual status of the fight against tax evasion in the Czech Republic and the United States of America, but also at the international level, as well as to point out the most important definitions of FATCA and to analyze the associated issues. Next goal is the evaluation of the implementation process, which has recently happened in the Czech Republic, and the assessment of future options for cooperation in the tax evasion. The...

Kamínková, Petra: Legislating against Tax Avoidance Abstract Tax avoidance practices of multinational corporations have recently come under criticism by governments and general public. In my thesis, I analyze various methods states may use to fight such behavior, with special regard given to the Czech Republic. In the first chapter, I introduce basic principles of international taxation. Second chapter focuses on several commonly used methods of avoiding taxes, and the tools used by governments to fight particular types of undesirable transactions and set-ups (Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rules - TAARs). The analysis therein suggests that these tools may be successful to a degree, but may never cover all possible scenarios. Third chapter elaborates on judicial doctrines and General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAARs). These tools attempt to address tax avoidance methods not anticipated by legislature. My contention is that while these concepts may be quite powerful, they may also gravely threaten legal certainty. Therefore, I conclude that they should be used sparingly. Final chapter presents a set of auxiliary tools that may improve the communication between tax payers and tax authorities, thus helping the states to gather information faster and more efficiently, allowing them to react to arising issues with minimal...

A construção de uma sociedade livre, justa e solidária, capaz de promover o bem comum, indistintamente, assim como a erradicação da pobreza e da marginalidade, além da redução da desigualdade social, são objetivos de nossa República e com certeza, vontade de quase todos os brasileiros. Isto significa que as ações do Estado têm que ser realizadas visando a concretização de uma justiça social. É para isto que deve estar a serviço o Estado, e é para corroborar com o alcance desta finalidade, que contribuímos por meio dos tributos que pagamos. O tributo advém de uma obrigatoriedade social, que ocasiona a saída do dinheiro da esfera particular e passa a integrar o que conhecemos por recurso público, o qual será administrado pelo Estado, através dos seus agentes estatais. Estes devem gerenciar e empenhar este recurso, única e exclusivamente para cumprir os fins sociais, para o que a honestidade e a probidade são exigências irrenunciáveis. Para ofertar esta garantia é que se presta o princípio da moralidade, o qual está na centralidade de nosso trabalho. Na prática, devido a nossa tradição positivista e a nossa cultura patrimonialista, observamos a dificuldade em se lidar com a moralidade no interior do Direito e especialmente na administração do recurso fruto do esforço coletivo. A consignação do princípio da moralidade em nossa Constituição faz com que a sua observância seja obrigatória no manejo da coisa pública, sendo que a mínima suspeita sobre o seu desrespeito pode e deve ser judicialmente controlado. Para isto é imprescindível que se aprimore cada vez mais os mecanismos de controle. A sociedade civil tem um papel fundamental neste exercício democrático, e para isto, formas dialógicas e interativas entre os cidadãos e o Estado têm que ser constantemente aperfeiçoadas, pois, se a imoralidade na administração tributária favorece somente alguns, a moralidade, por sua vez, vem atender aos interesses da maioria da população. / The construction of a free, fair and solidary society, capable of promoting the common good, indistinctly, such as the eradication of poverty and crime, as well as the decrease in social inequality, are the objectives of our Republic, and without a doubt, the will of nearly all Brazilians. This means that the actions of the State must be executed, bearing in mind the effective implementation of a social justice. This is the role of the State, and it is in order to corroborate within the means of this end that we contribute as taxpayers. Taxes derive from a social obligation in which money leaves the personal sphere and becomes part of what is known as a public resource, which will be administered by the State via its government agents. These agents must manage and make effective use of this public resource, solely and exclusively for the purpose of accomplishing social means, in order for honesty and integrity to be fundamental requirements. This guarantee is ensured by the principal of morality, which is found at the core of our work. In practice, due to our positive law tradition and our patrimonial culture, we observe the difficulty in dealing with morality inside the Law and mainly in the administration of resources which are the product of public efforts. The consignment of the principal of morality in our Constitution makes its observance mandatory in the dealings of public affairs, since a minimal suspicion about its nonobservance may and should be judicially controlled. In order to accomplish this, it is of utmost importance that the control mechanisms are improved continuously. Civil society has a fundamental role in this democratic exercise and therefore, interactive and conversational forms among citizens and the State must be perfected constantly. For, if immorality in the tax administration favors only a few, morality, in its turn, serves the interests of the majority of the population.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:27:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sylvio Cesar Afonso.pdf: 953847 bytes, checksum: b4ade45ed7c9cf0b0f996bf502510b7a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-01 / The Tax Law is one of the most complex and fascinating branches of the Brazilian Law, and is certainly the most controversial and conflicting. This conflicting nature derives from the current incompatibility between the tax burden and the quality of the public utilities rendered, and also the continuous violation of the constitutional principles, causing a disagreement among the taxpayers. The purpose of this work is to confront the constitutional, legal and academic analysis, related to the systems of establishment, calculation and collection of the Individual Income Tax IRPF, with a practical analysis, meaning the specific way the taxpayer obtains the effective tax calculation basis and calculates the amount due. In this sense, the direction given by the constitutional provision is to focus on the balance of the conflicting relation between the Tax Administration and the taxpayers, and also the ethics on tax matters, imposing that the public interest respects the individual and collective rights and duties established by the Brazilian Federal Constitution. However, provided the existence of some conflicting practical issues of the taxation herein mentioned, this study intends to approach in more details a few current situations presenting incompatibility / O Direito Tributário é um dos mais complexos e fascinantes dos ramos do nosso Direito, assim como é, certamente, o mais conflitante e polêmico. Esta natureza conflitante decorre da candente incompatibilidade entre a carga tributária e a qualidade dos serviços públicos prestados em contrapartida, além das constantes violações aos princípios constitucionais, causando assim inconformismo por parte dos contribuintes em geral. O objetivo do presente estudo é confrontar as análises constitucional, legal e acadêmica, relacionadas à sistemática de instituição, apuração e cobrança do Imposto sobre a Renda da Pessoa Física IRPF, com a análise prática, ou seja, com a forma pela qual o contribuinte apura a efetiva base de cálculo do tributo e calcula o montante devido. Neste diapasão, a direção encontrada nos preceitos constitucionais é a busca do equilíbrio da relação conflituosa entre Fisco e contribuinte, e da ética fiscal, impondo que o interesse público respeite os direitos e garantias fundamentais instituídos pela Constituição Federal. Porém, em função da existência de algumas questões práticas conflitantes da exação em comento, o presente estudo pretende abordar também mais detalhadamente certas situações de incompatibilidade existentes