O presente estudo examina os limites à requalificação dos negócios jurídicos no Brasil, seja pelas autoridades fiscais seja pelo legislador tributário (infraconstitucional) com a criação de regras específicas e gerais para o controle da elusão fiscal. Para tanto, considera-se a elusão fiscal como figura autônoma, buscando-se identificar os critérios para a delimitação desta zona cinzenta existente entre a conduta contra legem (evasão) e aquela que não contraria, quer direta quer indiretamente, o ordenamento (elisão), e que corresponde à prática de atos aparentemente lícitos mas que ferem indiretamente o ordenamento. A identificação de tais critérios coloca em relevo a importância da causa dos negócios jurídicos e a noção de ilicitude atípica que qualifica os atos e negócios aparentemente lícitos porém desprovidos de causa, engendrados exclusivamente com vistas à economia de tributos. Analisa-se então como o ordenamento positivo brasileiro trata esta categoria de atos e negócios, buscando delimitar o que a administração fiscal está autorizada a fazer no combate à elusão fiscal. Em seguida, passa-se ao exame do controle da elusão fiscal realizado pela via legislativa, analisando-se os limites ao estabelecimento de regras específicas de prevenção ou de correção da elusão baseadas em ficções e presunções, as regras antielusivas constantes de convenções internacionais firmadas pelo Brasil, bem como a experiência estrangeira no estabelecimento de regras gerais antielusivas. Ao final, abordamos o conteúdo da regra geral antielusiva brasileira. / This research examines the limits applicable to the reclassification of activities by the Brazilian tax authorities or the Brazilian tax legislator (i.e., ordinary law) by means of specific and general anti-avoidance rules. For this purpose, we consider tax avoidance as an autonomous concept, which consists of those transactions that appear legitimate but are indirectly against rules, and we attempt to identify the criteria for delimitation of the gray area between an activity that represents a direct violation of Law tax evasion and one which does not infringe the law, either directly or indirectly valid tax planning. The identification of such criteria emphasizes the importance of the purpose behind a legal transaction and the idea of an illegality which is not expressly defined by law applicable to those acts and transactions that, despite appearing legitimate, have no substance and are exclusively structured for the purpose of saving taxes. We then analyze how Brazilian legislation treats such activities and transactions in order to identify the limits to which tax avoidance schemes can be regulated by Brazils tax authorities. Next, we examine how Brazilian tax legislation deals with tax avoidance, and analyze the limits on the establishment of specific anti-avoidance rules based upon fictions and presumptions, of anti-avoidance rules found in double tax treaties concluded by Brazil, and general anti-avoidance rules based upon other countries practices. Finally, we address the substance of the general anti-avoidance rule under the Brazilian tax system.

過往的國際租稅制度設計著重於避免雙重課稅以消除經貿交流所產生之障礙，然而當今因資訊科技快速發展使得新興商業模式興起，跨國交易手法複雜且創新，此套國際租稅制度已逐漸無法滿足當今新型態稽徵之需求，常造成各國稅捐之流失。因此，國際租稅制度的理念已由過往的避免雙重課稅轉換為現今的避免雙重不課稅，而跨國反避稅風潮也由此而生。我國於跨國反避稅浪潮中亦制定多項反避稅措施，然而其成效如何並未有相關研究文獻作全面性之檢視，因此本文以2002年至2014年台灣上市、上櫃與興櫃公司財務資料探討我國實施多年之反避稅措施對於企業租稅負擔與避稅行為之影響。 本文研究結果顯示，移轉訂價查核準則實施與簽署租稅協定將提升企業租稅負擔與降低避稅行為。由於我國企業資本弱化情形並不嚴重，因此反資本弱化條款實施對於我國企業並無顯著影響。在簽署租稅協定內含利益限制條款方面，利益限制條款並未顯著提升我國企業租稅負擔與避稅行為，究其原因，可能為我國簽署租稅協定且含利益限制條款之樣本數過少使其效果並不明顯。 / The emergence of international tax system was to reduce the burden of juridical double taxation and increase cross-border transactions. However, the new business model changed by rapid development of science and technology made taxing authorities difficult to define the substance of cross-border transactions. In this case many countries faced the fact of tax erosion, so the objective of international tax system has been changed from the elimination of double taxation to anti-avoidance measures. In order to prevent tax erosion, Taiwan’s government had legislated some anti-avoidance provisions. There is no study that research those anti-avoidance provisions whether have impact on Taiwanese enterprise. This study used Taiwanese financial information from 2002 to 2014 to investigate the tax burden and tax avoidance of enterprise after anti-avoidance provisions had been legislated. Empirical results show transfer pricing rules and tax treaties not only increase the tax burden but also decrease the tax avoidance of Taiwanese enterprise. This study find that there is no thin capitalization in Taiwan. At the end, tax treaties which involved limitation-on-benefits can’t increase the tax burden and decrease the tax avoidance of Taiwanese enterprise. Owing to few samples of tax treaties which involved limitation-on-benefits, the empirical result don’t reach the significant level.

Globalisation of trade and investment has led multinational enterprises to develop strategies to maximise profits by investing in countries with a favourable tax climate, resulting in loss of tax revenue to domestic economies. In South Africa, recent economic liberalisation and associated relaxation of exchange controls have created increasing exposure to global competition, risk of capital flight and potential threat to the tax base. Heeding OECD recommendations intended to counter negative tax implications for domestic economies and curb harmful tax practices, South Africa introduced controlled foreign company provisions initially in 1997, followed by comprehensive legislation in 2001. Appropriateness of South Africa’s CFC regulations as domestic anti-avoidance measures is assessed in this study for their relevance in the international fiscal arena, highlighting key divergences, shortcomings and anomalies in the South African regulations compared with OECD recommendations, and with regulatory measures in the United Kingdom (jurisdictional-entity approach) and the United States (transactional approach), these two examplars offering paradigms of the most important CFC regulatory approaches currently in force. The primary materials investigated in the study are the statutes which constitute the taxation laws, read in conjunction with auxiliary, quasi-statutory advisory and explanatory documentation issued by the respective regulatory authorities, along with test cases that established legal precedent on points of ambiguity in taxation law. A key finding in the literature review is the relative dearth of publications on current South African CFC regulations in an international comparative context. A paradigm shift is noted in United Kingdom tax policy, as it migrates towards a territorially inclined tax system in CFC regulations – more compatible with European Union (EU) requirements and propelled in large measure by EU-pressure – with a similar trend in United States tax policy, intended to rekindle expansion and growth of the United States economy through repatriation of foreign funds earned by CFCs. The study finds that it would be unrealistic to seek an absolute paradigm for reform or evolution of South African CFC regulations in either the United Kingdom or the United States, although the South African and United Kingdom CFC measures show significant affinities in their entity-based mechanisms to grant full exemption. More significant constituents of CFC regulation in one or another of the two countries do, however, prove to be generally congenial to the South African situation and offer useful pointers for ongoing reform of the South African measures. Other areas in the United Kingdom or United States CFC regulations are identified as less relevant to South African requirements, being linked to tax principles that would be excessively complicated in the South African circumstances, needlessly demanding for tax administrators and for South African shareholders, contradictory to South African tax principles, anachronistic, or not suited for the underlying global-entity approach in the South African regulations. The research provides an updated assessment of the current state of the South African CFC regulatory measures, when seen in a broader international context, and indicates areas that could be the subject of fruitful ongoing investigation. / PhD (Tax), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Globalisation of trade and investment has led multinational enterprises to develop strategies to maximise profits by investing in countries with a favourable tax climate, resulting in loss of tax revenue to domestic economies. In South Africa, recent economic liberalisation and associated relaxation of exchange controls have created increasing exposure to global competition, risk of capital flight and potential threat to the tax base. Heeding OECD recommendations intended to counter negative tax implications for domestic economies and curb harmful tax practices, South Africa introduced controlled foreign company provisions initially in 1997, followed by comprehensive legislation in 2001. Appropriateness of South Africa’s CFC regulations as domestic anti-avoidance measures is assessed in this study for their relevance in the international fiscal arena, highlighting key divergences, shortcomings and anomalies in the South African regulations compared with OECD recommendations, and with regulatory measures in the United Kingdom (jurisdictional-entity approach) and the United States (transactional approach), these two examplars offering paradigms of the most important CFC regulatory approaches currently in force. The primary materials investigated in the study are the statutes which constitute the taxation laws, read in conjunction with auxiliary, quasi-statutory advisory and explanatory documentation issued by the respective regulatory authorities, along with test cases that established legal precedent on points of ambiguity in taxation law. A key finding in the literature review is the relative dearth of publications on current South African CFC regulations in an international comparative context. A paradigm shift is noted in United Kingdom tax policy, as it migrates towards a territorially inclined tax system in CFC regulations – more compatible with European Union (EU) requirements and propelled in large measure by EU-pressure – with a similar trend in United States tax policy, intended to rekindle expansion and growth of the United States economy through repatriation of foreign funds earned by CFCs. The study finds that it would be unrealistic to seek an absolute paradigm for reform or evolution of South African CFC regulations in either the United Kingdom or the United States, although the South African and United Kingdom CFC measures show significant affinities in their entity-based mechanisms to grant full exemption. More significant constituents of CFC regulation in one or another of the two countries do, however, prove to be generally congenial to the South African situation and offer useful pointers for ongoing reform of the South African measures. Other areas in the United Kingdom or United States CFC regulations are identified as less relevant to South African requirements, being linked to tax principles that would be excessively complicated in the South African circumstances, needlessly demanding for tax administrators and for South African shareholders, contradictory to South African tax principles, anachronistic, or not suited for the underlying global-entity approach in the South African regulations. The research provides an updated assessment of the current state of the South African CFC regulatory measures, when seen in a broader international context, and indicates areas that could be the subject of fruitful ongoing investigation. / PhD (Tax), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

This study analyses the nature and implementation of electronic commerce in order to identify possible problems for taxation and pinpoint those problems which may be relevant to South Africa. Solutions suggested by certain countries and institutions are evaluated for possible implementation in South Africa. The study suggests that although current taxation legislation in South Africa is apP'icable to electronic commerce transactions it is not sufficient to cater effectively for this type of business. The conclusion reached Is that international co-operation is essential in finding solutions. A number of recommendations are made regarding aspects of South African taxation legislation which need to be clarified through policy decisions. Title of / Taxation / M.Comm.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:21:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lia Barsi Drezza.pdf: 1150610 bytes, checksum: 85917f53e22e468577ce238460179f2c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-03 / This study assesses the impact of the normative statement contained in Articles 24 and 25 of Law No. 12.249/2010 Brazil s "thin capitalization rules" in view of a series of other laws currently in effect that regulate the same issues, namely, the remittance of interest abroad by entities affiliated with enterprises headquartered in tax havens or in countries featuring low-tax regimes. The analysis seeks to highlight the conflicts that can arise from regulation by different laws of the same legal facts, as a means to prevent the occurrence of double taxation by the tax authorities / O presente estudo busca analisar a eficácia social do enunciado normativo contido nos artigos 24 e 25 da Lei nº 12.249/2010, chamado de regras de subcapitalização , tendo em vista a existência, no sistema atualmente vigente, de um conjunto de outros enunciados que acabam por regular o mesmo fato jurídico, qual seja, a remessa de juros ao exterior, para pessoas jurídicas vinculadas, sediadas em países com tributação favorecida ou com regime fiscal privilegiado. A partir dessa análise, buscou-se evidenciar os conflitos que podem surgir da regulamentação, por diferentes proposições normativas, de fatos jurídicos idênticos, como forma de evitar a ocorrência de uma dupla tributação por parte dos órgãos fiscais

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Caio Cesar Nader Quintella.pdf: 696078 bytes, checksum: a44671ba498b295c279a835741074c8e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-19 / Complementary Law No. 104/2001 inserted the sole paragraph to Article 116 of the National Tax Code. Since such a provision was inserted in Chapter III of the Tax Codex, which deals with the triggering event and, specifically, in Article 116, for the regulation of the time of its occurrence, we would be facing a general rule that would affect the observation of occurrence of such a legal phenomenon. Given this legislative innovation of general application in the legal and tax relations, initially we analyze the interaction with the other elements that make up the national legal system, and verify its formal and material adequacy. Particularly given the immense thematic relevance of the topic and its regency in Tax Law as subsystem, we analyze the Principle of Legality, its scope and developments, to foster the engagement of provisions and effects brought with the insertion of the sole paragraph to Article 116 of the National Tax Code. Also, by the very result of such an analysis, we started to check the content, scope and consequences of the principle of legal certainty, which has an unquestionably great level abstraction and penetration into the national legal system in order to confront its corollary and impositions with the legal content and consequences of the instrument under investigation. Likewise, we address the institutes and subjects related to the central object of study, giving a greater depth to reflect on their compliance with the principles analyzed and on other general rules governing the Tax Law in Brazil. At the end, before all observations made on the subject, we promote the proper completion of the study / A Lei Complementar nº 104/2001 acrescentou ao artigo 116 do Código Tributário Nacional o seu parágrafo único. Posto que tal dispositivo foi inserido no Capítulo III do Codex tributário, que trata da ocorrência do fato gerador e, especificamente, no seu artigo 116, destinado à regulamentação do momento da sua ocorrência, estaríamos diante de uma norma geral que afetaria a constatação de ocorrência de tal fenômeno jurídico. Diante dessa inovação legislativa de alcance geral nas relações jurídico-tributárias, inicialmente analisa-se a sua interação com os demais elementos que compõem o sistema jurídico nacional, verificando sua adequação, formal e material. Particularmente, em face da imensa pertinência temática ao tema e à sua regência na seara do Direito Tributário como subsistema, analisa-se o Princípio da Legalidade, seu alcance e desdobramentos, para promover o confronto das prescrições e dos efeitos trazidos com a inserção do parágrafo único ao artigo 116 do Código Tributário Nacional. Igualmente, por decorrência da própria análise de tal instituto axiológico, passa-se a verificar o conteúdo, o alcance e os desdobramentos do Princípio da Segurança Jurídica, o qual inquestionavelmente possui grande abstração e penetração no sistema jurídico nacional, a fim de confrontar seu corolário e imposições com o conteúdo e os reflexos jurídicos do dispositivo sob investigação. Da mesma forma, abordam-se institutos e temas correlacionados ao objeto central de estudo, conferindo um maior aprofundamento à reflexão sobre a sua adequação aos princípios analisados e às demais normas gerais que regem o Direito Tributário no Brasil. Ao final, diante de todas constatações obtidas sobre tema proposto, promove-se a devida conclusão do estudo

BEPS-projektet startades år 2012 för att förhindra att skattesubjekt använder kryphål i skatteavtalen och staternas nationella lagstiftningar för att erhålla skatteförmåner. År 2013 utgav OECD en handlingsplan som identifierar 15 åtgärder som ämnas vidtas. Åtgärdspunkt 6 reglerar problematiken kring hur skatteavtal missbrukas genom att skattesubjekt ”shoppar” efter jurisdiktionen med det skatteavtal som leder till den förmånligaste beskattningen. Åtgärdspunkt 6 föreslår att en specifik LOB-regel eller en generalklausul, PPT-regeln, införs i OECDs modellavtal för att motverka det aktuella förfarandet. LOB-regeln reglerar i vilka specifika situationer en skatteförmån är tillämplig och kan beviljas medan PPT-regeln är av allmän karaktär och innehåller allmänt hållna formuleringar för att täcka in förhållanden som är svåra att förutse på förhand. Uppsatsens syfte är att utreda huruvida de föreslagna reglerna kan uppfylla ändamålet med åtgärdspunkten, att motverka missbruk av skatteavtal. Om detta inte är möjligt undersöks om Sverige kan motverka sådana förfaranden genom att tillämpa generalklausulen mot skatteflykt som återfinns i skatteflyktslagen. Författarna bedömmer att LOB-regeln är allt för komplex i sin nuvarande lydelse vilket försvårar en tillämpning av regeln. Eftersom PPT-regeln är vag ger den utrymme för godtyckliga bedömningar, vilket inte ger ett förutsebart utfall när det inte finns klar vägledning. Författarna är med hänsyn till detta av uppfattningen att reglerna i dess nuvarande lydelse och form inte kan leva upp till syftet med åtgärdspunkt 6.  Enligt Peru-målet är skatteflyktslagen rent principiellt tillämplig på förfaranden som omfattas av skatteavtal. Generalklausulen ska då prövas mot förfarandet. Det fjärde rekvisitet, i strid med lagstiftnings syfte, är dock svårtillämpat och domstolens bedömningar varierar. Författarnas anser dock att genom att införa i skatteavtalen att dess syfte inte är att tillåta missbruk av avtalet kan generalklauslen motverka det aktuella förfarandet och skydda mot erodering av den svenska skattebasen vad gäller missbruk av skatteavtal. / In 2012 the BEPS project started with the purpose of preventing tax subjects from using loopholes in the tax treaties and national tax laws in order to receive tax benefits. In 2013, the OECD published an action plan that identifies 15 actions that is meant to be taken regarding this issue. Action 6 regulates treaty abuse through treaty shopping, which means that a tax subject is searching for the tax jurisdiction with the tax treaty that leads to the most beneficial taxation. To prevent this, Action 6 suggests that a specific LOB-rule and a general anti-avoidance rule, PPT-rule, should be included in the OECD model convention. The LOB-rule regulates in which specific situations a treaty benefit can be granted. The PPT-rule is more general and contains general wordings to cover situations that is difficult to foresee. The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether the proposed rules can fulfill the purpose of Action 6, to prevent treaty abuse. If not possible, it will be determined if Sweden can prevent treaty abuse by applying the general anti-avoidance rule against tax evasion stated in the Swedish skatteflyktslagen. The authors of the thesis are of the opinion that the LOB-rule is too complex in its current wording which makes it difficult to apply. Since the PPT-rule is vague, there is a wide scope for arbitrary assessments leads to an unpredictable outcome when the guidance is unclear. Therefore, the authors find that the rules in its current wordings cannot satisfy the purpose of Action 6.  According to the Peru-judgement the skatteflyktslagen can be applicable to situations that are covered by a tax treaty. The transaction should be tested against the general antiavoidance. The fourth prerequisite, in contravention of the purpose of the legislation, is difficult of apply and the judgements of the court varies. The authors believe that if the treaty preamble includes a statement which clarifies that the intention of the treaty is not to allow treaty abuse, the Swedish general anti-avoidance rule can prevent treaty abuse and thereby protect the Swedish tax base against BEPS regarding treaty abuse.

This article compares and analyzes how member States of the European Union, the United States of America and the United Kingdom combat tax avoidance through its legal systems. The article addresses issues such as the influence of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the case Cadbury Schweppes in establishing anti-avoidance rules in member States of the European Union and the application of Business Purpose Doctrine in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. / El presente artículo compara y analiza la manera en que los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, los Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido combaten la elusión tributaria a través de sus sistemas legales. El artículo aborda temas como la influencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea y el caso Cadbury Schweppes en el establecimiento de normas antielusivas en los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, y la aplicación de la doctrina de la simulación en los Estados Unidos y en el Reino Unido.

Submitted by Bruno Nepomuceno (bnepomucenos@gmail.com) on 2017-05-15T18:51:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_depósito-final_15.05.17.pdf: 5007161 bytes, checksum: 28e7652209a104298e7db176a60de312 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2017-05-15T19:02:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_depósito-final_15.05.17.pdf: 5007161 bytes, checksum: 28e7652209a104298e7db176a60de312 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-15T20:03:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_depósito-final_15.05.17.pdf: 5007161 bytes, checksum: 28e7652209a104298e7db176a60de312 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-03 / The yearning for tax collection, to supply with funds the public coffers, and the freedom to organize the business, with the lowest tax burden as possible, polarized the interests of the government and the taxpayers. Almost a 'shelf product', tax planning has always been a broadly sold strategy. However, the State has changed, the values have changed, and the globalisation dramatized reality, highlighting that the legalistic perspective that had once underpinned with certainty the path through the legal loopholes, in fact, distorted the system, enhanced the non-compliance and tax evasion and, in various ways, jeopardized the tax equality. As an attempt to mitigate its effects, discreet and uncompleted steps were taken (in) in Congress, with the edition of a General Anti-Avoidance Rule, although deprived of regulation, (ii) in the case law, with foreigner innovations, in an endeavor to deal with the rule, and (iii) in the doctrine, to substantiate the postures, usually opposed to any step taken, either from a revenue or business bias. In the midst of all this, several attempts arose to regulate the so-called General Anti-Avoidance Rule. The study outlines, therefore, first and foremost, a terminological panorama with the related figures to the theme and an evolution of the debate in the doctrine. Thereafter, it’s revealed the behavior of the federal administrative court. Before the demands and international guidelines, it seeks to lead the debate to the global level, reasoning possible paradigms, to conclude if they would represent models to be transplanted. Soon after, it ranges the whole legislative construction around the issue, as tries of regulation. Ultimately, all the normative formulations are subjected to tests, on the basis of several criteria, with the intent of that, before the envisaged policy and founded on an argument of economic substance and reservations of business purpose, recommendations be provided for a regulation of the brazilian General Anti-Avoidance Rule. / O anseio de arrecadação, para abastecer os cofres públicos, e a liberdade de organizar os negócios, com a menor carga tributária possível, polarizam os interesses do governo e dos contribuintes. Quase 'produto de prateleira', o planejamento tributário ainda é uma estratégia amplamente vendida. Todavia, o Estado mudou, os valores mudaram, e a globalização dramatizou a realidade, evidenciando que a perspectiva legalista que outrora fundamentou com segurança o percurso por brechas da lei, na verdade, distorceu o sistema, acentuou a sonegação e, por diversas vias, comprometeu a isonomia tributária. Como tentativa de mitigar os efeitos, passos discretos e incompletos foram dados (i) no Congresso, com a edição de uma Norma Geral Antielisiva, mas carente de regulação, (ii) na jurisprudência, com inovações estrangeiras, como tentativa de lidar com a Norma, e (iii) na doutrina, para fundamentar as posturas, geralmente contrárias a qualquer passo dado, seja por viés fiscalista ou empresarial. Em meio a tudo isso, inúmeras tentativas surgiram de se regular a denominada Norma Geral Antielisiva. O estudo traça, então, inicialmente, um panorama terminológico com as figuras correlatas ao tema e uma evolução do debate na doutrina. Em seguida, é revelado o comportamento do tribunal administrativo federal. Diante das demandas e diretrizes internacionais, procura-se levar o debate ao plano global, cogitando possíveis paradigmas, para se concluir se representariam modelos a serem transplantados. Logo depois, percorre-se toda a construção legislativa em torno do tema, como tentativas de regulação. Por fim, todas as formulações normativas são postas à prova com base em critérios diversos, com o propósito de que, diante da política pretendida, baseadas em um argumento de substância econômica e ressalvas de propósito negocial, recomendações sejam dadas para uma regulação da Norma Geral Antielisiva brasileira.