O presente estudo analisa teorias do abuso no planejamento tributário. Inicialmente, busca-se definir e diferenciar planejamento tributário, planejamento tributário abusivo e evasão fiscal, partindo-se da premissa de que compete a cada Estado estabelecer, de forma peculiar, quais os critérios devem ser adotados para a identificação dessas figuras em seu ordenamento jurídico. Analisam-se os princípios constitucionais que podem ser ponderados no Brasil em relação a esse tema. Diante das teses que defendem a adoção, pelo Direito Tributário brasileiro, do abuso do direito, do abuso de formas, da fraude à lei e do propósito negocial, inclusive com fundamento nas experiências do Direito estrangeiro, analisa-se como tais teorias têm sido originalmente construídas, respectivamente, pela França, Alemanha, Espanha e Estados Unidos da América. Após a análise de cada uma dessas teorias estrangeiras, analisam-se os fundamentos da doutrina e jurisprudência favoráveis e contrários à sua aplicação no ordenamento tributário brasileiro, seja a partir de princípios jurídicos, de dispositivos do Código Tributário Nacional (em especial, art. 116, parágrafo único) ou mesmo do novo Código Civil (em especial, art. 187). Por fim, busca-se apresentar qual a norma atualmente vigente no Brasil para a tutela do planejamento tributário. / This study examines theories of abuse in tax planning. Initially, it defines and differentiates tax planning, tax avoidance and tax evasion, starting from the premise that is to the State to establish, in a peculiar way, in which criteria should be adopted for the identification of these figures in its legal system. It examines the constitutional principles that can be weighted in Brazil in relation to this theme. It examines the arguments that advocate the adoption of some theories by the Brazilian tax law, as abuse of law, abuse of forms, fraus legis and business purpose test. The research considers how such theories have been originally constructed, respectively, by France, Germany, Spain and the United States of America. After analyzes of each one of these foreign theories and examines the fundamentals of doctrine and court decisions that would be favorable or unfavorable for its application in the Brazilian tax planning, either from legal principles, from National Tax Code (in particular, art. 116, single paragraph) or even from the new Civil Code (in particular, art. 187). Finally, analyses which rule is currently in force in Brazil to the tax planning issues.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:20:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Giovani Herminio Tome.pdf: 844231 bytes, checksum: a29a480c19c66dafbd1cf00ccfd97808 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-09-13 / The objective of this study is to highlight the autonomy of law in relation to other matters taken by related. For this, we assumed that the positive law is structured in the form of autonomous system and the elements of this system are expressed by propositions made with hypothetical conditions. It starts by saying a few remarks about the assumptions of Logical Semantic Constructivism to provide a theoretical basis of our studies, demonstrating the structure and function of the language of positive law. In this way, based on the operability of the legal system, we record our conclusions about the scope, limits and possibilities of tax planning in light of the law in force / O objetivo desse estudo é colocar em evidência a autonomia do direito com relação a outras matérias tidas por correlatas. Para isso, partimos da premissa de que o direito positivo é estruturado em forma de sistema autônomo e que os elementos desse sistema são normas expressas por proposições hipotéticoimplicacionais. Iniciaremos tecendo algumas considerações sobre os pressupostos do constructivismo lógico-semântico, para, assim, fornecermos a base teórica de nossos estudos, demonstrando a estrutura e função da linguagem do direito positivo. Por esse caminho, fundados na operatividade do sistema jurídico, registramos nossas conclusões acerca da abrangência, limites e possibilidades de efetuar-se planejamento tributário, à luz do direito positivo vigente

Sedan den 1 januari 2009 begränsas avdragsrätten för ränteutgifter vid internt finansierade förvärv av delägarrätter från ett företag som ingår i samma intressegemenskap. Syftet med lagstiftningen är att förhindra skatteplanering med ränteupplägg. För att bestämmelserna inte skall träffa affärsmässigt bedriven verksamhet medges undantag från begränsningar i avdragsrätten för ränteutgifter om ränteintäkten beskattas med minst 10 procent enligt lagstiftningen i den stat där det företag inom intressegemenskapen som faktiskt har rätt till inkomsten hör hemma eller om såväl förvärvet som skulden som ligger till grund för ränteutgifterna är huvudsakligen affärsmässigt motiverade. Om undantag medges beviljas det företag som betalar ränta avdrag för ränteutgifterna. Författarna anser att utformningen av den undantagsregel som medger avdrag för ränteutgifter om såväl förvärvet som skulden som ligger till grund för ränteutgifterna är huvudsakligen affärsmässigt motiverade är tämligen vag. Uppsatsen syftar därför till att utreda i vilka situationer ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter från ett företag som ingår i samma intressegemenskap kan anses affärsmässigt motiverat för att undantag från lagstiftningen om begränsningar i avdragsrätten för ränteutgifter skall medges. I uppsatsen klargörs att det vid ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter skall ligga sunda företagsekonomiska och affärsmässiga överväganden - utöver eventuella skatteeffekter - bakom den interna skulden och det interna förvärvet. Författarna anser att följande omständigheter kan anses affärsmässigt motiverade. Interna förvärv av delägarrätter vilka föranleds av behovet att undvika intressekonflikter och samarbetsproblem, ge bolagen en självständig ledning och göra dem finansiellt oberoende från varandra, uppnå riskspridning samt att omstrukturera en verksamhet som till sin art och geografiska placering är helt skilda från varandra är exempel på när ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter kan anses affärsmässigt motiverat. Därtill är det vid en förestående extern försäljning av en verksamhetsgren inom koncernen affärsmässigt motiverat att göra ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter. Om anledningen till att ett företag etablerat sig i en lågskattestat är för att detta land har en juridisk, ekonomisk och politiskt stabil situation eller om företaget som mottar räntebetalningen bedriver ekonomisk verksamhet eller om interna förvärv av delägarrätter har förekommit tidigare inom intressegemenskapen, ger dessa omständigheter en indikation på att ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter kan anses affärsmässigt motiverat. Uppsatsen syftar vidare till att utreda huruvida hänsyn tagits till rättssäkerhets- och effektivitetsaspekter vid användandet av begreppet affärsmässigt motiverad i lagstiftningen om begränsningar i avdragsrätten för ränteutgifter. Då varken lagtexten eller förarbetena ger en klar definition av i vilka situationer ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter kan anses affärsmässigt motiverat gör författarna bedömningen att hänsyn inte tagits till rättssäkerhet vid utformandet av den undantagsregel som medger avdrag för ränteutgifter om såväl förvärvet som skulden är huvudsakligen affärsmässigt motiverad. Genom att de skattskyldiga torde ha möjlighet att erhålla förhandsbesked kan dock ledning för fastställande av huruvida interna förvärv av delägarrätter är affärsmässiga bidra till ökad rättssäkerhet. / Since the first of January 2009 the Swedish government limited the deductibility of interest expenses on internally funded acquisition of shares between affiliated parties. The purpose of the legislation is to prohibit tax avoidance schemes with interest. In order for the provisions not to prevent business with sound business reasons the legislation grants exemption if the interest income is taxed at a rate of at least 10 percent, according to the laws of the Statute of the company within the community that actually has the right to the income, or if both the acquisition and the debt that is the basis for the interest expenditure is mainly commercially motivated. The authors believe that the wording of the provision that allows the deduction of interest expenses, if both the acquisition and the debt underlying the interest expenditure are mainly commercially motivated, is rather vague. The purpose of this master’s thesis is to analyze the circumstances under which an internal acquisition of shares from an affiliated company can be considered as a commercially motivated transaction in order to be granted an exemption from the legislation restricting the tax deductibility of interest expenses. To be granted an exemption the affiliated company which request deduction has to show that the internal debt and the acquisition are entered into mainly for sound business purpose in addition to any tax reasons. Acquisition of shares which responds to the need to avoid conflicts of interest and cooperation problems, giving companies an independent management and make them financially independent from each other, achieve diversification and to restructure a business which by their nature or location is distinct from each other, are examples on when an acquisition of shares can be considered as a commercially motivated acquisition of shares. If the reason why a company established itself in a country which has a low tax on interest income is that this country has a legal, financial and politically stable situation, or if the company who receives the interest payment engage in economic activities or the acquisition of shares have occurred earlier, these circumstances indicates that an acquisition is commercially motivated. The aim of the thesis is further to investigate whether account has been taken to legal certainty and efficiency aspects in the use of the term business purpose in the legislation restricting the tax deductibility of interest expenses. Since neither the wording of the provision nor the preparatory work gives a clear definition of the circumstances under which an internal acquisition of shares can be considered as commercially motivated the authors conclude that account has not been taken to legal certainty. Since taxpayers have the opportunity to request a preliminary ruling regarding the determination of whether the acquisition of shares is commercially motivated, the authors conclude that this may contribute to a greater legal certainty.

<p>Sedan den 1 januari 2009 begränsas avdragsrätten för ränteutgifter vid internt finansierade förvärv av delägarrätter från ett företag som ingår i samma intressegemenskap. Syftet med lagstiftningen är att förhindra skatteplanering med ränteupplägg. För att bestämmelserna inte skall träffa affärsmässigt bedriven verksamhet medges undantag från begränsningar i avdragsrätten för ränteutgifter om ränteintäkten beskattas med minst 10 procent enligt lagstiftningen i den stat där det företag inom intressegemenskapen som faktiskt har rätt till inkomsten hör hemma eller om såväl förvärvet som skulden som ligger till grund för ränteutgifterna är huvudsakligen affärsmässigt motiverade. Om undantag medges beviljas det företag som betalar ränta avdrag för ränteutgifterna.</p><p>Författarna anser att utformningen av den undantagsregel som medger avdrag för ränteutgifter om såväl förvärvet som skulden som ligger till grund för ränteutgifterna är huvudsakligen affärsmässigt motiverade är tämligen vag. Uppsatsen syftar därför till att utreda i vilka situationer ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter från ett företag som ingår i samma intressegemenskap kan anses affärsmässigt motiverat för att undantag från lagstiftningen om begränsningar i avdragsrätten för ränteutgifter skall medges.</p><p>I uppsatsen klargörs att det vid ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter skall ligga sunda företagsekonomiska och affärsmässiga överväganden - utöver eventuella skatteeffekter - bakom den interna skulden och det interna förvärvet. Författarna anser att följande omständigheter kan anses affärsmässigt motiverade. Interna förvärv av delägarrätter vilka föranleds av behovet att undvika intressekonflikter och samarbetsproblem, ge bolagen en självständig ledning och göra dem finansiellt oberoende från varandra, uppnå riskspridning samt att omstrukturera en verksamhet som till sin art och geografiska placering är helt skilda från varandra är exempel på när ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter kan anses affärsmässigt motiverat. Därtill är det vid en förestående extern försäljning av en verksamhetsgren inom koncernen affärsmässigt motiverat att göra ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter. Om anledningen till att ett företag etablerat sig i en lågskattestat är för att detta land har en juridisk, ekonomisk och politiskt stabil situation eller om företaget som mottar räntebetalningen bedriver ekonomisk verksamhet eller om interna förvärv av delägarrätter har förekommit tidigare inom intressegemenskapen, ger dessa omständigheter en indikation på att ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter kan anses affärsmässigt motiverat.</p><p>Uppsatsen syftar vidare till att utreda huruvida hänsyn tagits till rättssäkerhets- och effektivitetsaspekter vid användandet av begreppet affärsmässigt motiverad i lagstiftningen om begränsningar i avdragsrätten för ränteutgifter. Då varken lagtexten eller förarbetena ger en klar definition av i vilka situationer ett internt förvärv av delägarrätter kan anses affärsmässigt motiverat gör författarna bedömningen att hänsyn inte tagits till rättssäkerhet vid utformandet av den undantagsregel som medger avdrag för ränteutgifter om såväl förvärvet som skulden är huvudsakligen affärsmässigt motiverad. Genom att de skattskyldiga torde ha möjlighet att erhålla förhandsbesked kan dock ledning för fastställande av huruvida interna förvärv av delägarrätter är affärsmässiga bidra till ökad rättssäkerhet.</p> / <p>Since the first of January 2009 the Swedish government limited the deductibility of interest expenses on internally funded acquisition of shares between affiliated parties. The purpose of the legislation is to prohibit tax avoidance schemes with interest. In order for the provisions not to prevent business with sound business reasons the legislation grants exemption if the interest income is taxed at a rate of at least 10 percent, according to the laws of the Statute of the company within the community that actually has the right to the income, or if both the acquisition and the debt that is the basis for the interest expenditure is mainly commercially motivated.</p><p>The authors believe that the wording of the provision that allows the deduction of interest expenses, if both the acquisition and the debt underlying the interest expenditure are mainly commercially motivated, is rather vague. The purpose of this master’s thesis is to analyze the circumstances under which an internal acquisition of shares from an affiliated company can be considered as a commercially motivated transaction in order to be granted an exemption from the legislation restricting the tax deductibility of interest expenses.</p><p>To be granted an exemption the affiliated company which request deduction has to show that the internal debt and the acquisition are entered into mainly for sound business purpose in addition to any tax reasons. Acquisition of shares which responds to the need to avoid conflicts of interest and cooperation problems, giving companies an independent management and make them financially independent from each other, achieve diversification and to restructure a business which by their nature or location is distinct from each other, are examples on when an acquisition of shares can be considered as a commercially motivated acquisition of shares. If the reason why a company established itself in a country which has a low tax on interest income is that this country has a legal, financial and politically stable situation, or if the company who receives the interest payment engage in economic activities or the acquisition of shares have occurred earlier, these circumstances indicates that an acquisition is commercially motivated.</p><p>The aim of the thesis is further to investigate whether account has been taken to legal certainty and efficiency aspects in the use of the term business purpose in the legislation restricting the tax deductibility of interest expenses. Since neither the wording of the provision nor the preparatory work gives a clear definition of the circumstances under which an internal acquisition of shares can be considered as commercially motivated the authors conclude that account has not been taken to legal certainty. Since taxpayers have the opportunity to request a preliminary ruling regarding the determination of whether the acquisition of shares is commercially motivated, the authors conclude that this may contribute to a greater legal certainty.</p>

O presente estudo analisa teorias do abuso no planejamento tributário. Inicialmente, busca-se definir e diferenciar planejamento tributário, planejamento tributário abusivo e evasão fiscal, partindo-se da premissa de que compete a cada Estado estabelecer, de forma peculiar, quais os critérios devem ser adotados para a identificação dessas figuras em seu ordenamento jurídico. Analisam-se os princípios constitucionais que podem ser ponderados no Brasil em relação a esse tema. Diante das teses que defendem a adoção, pelo Direito Tributário brasileiro, do abuso do direito, do abuso de formas, da fraude à lei e do propósito negocial, inclusive com fundamento nas experiências do Direito estrangeiro, analisa-se como tais teorias têm sido originalmente construídas, respectivamente, pela França, Alemanha, Espanha e Estados Unidos da América. Após a análise de cada uma dessas teorias estrangeiras, analisam-se os fundamentos da doutrina e jurisprudência favoráveis e contrários à sua aplicação no ordenamento tributário brasileiro, seja a partir de princípios jurídicos, de dispositivos do Código Tributário Nacional (em especial, art. 116, parágrafo único) ou mesmo do novo Código Civil (em especial, art. 187). Por fim, busca-se apresentar qual a norma atualmente vigente no Brasil para a tutela do planejamento tributário. / This study examines theories of abuse in tax planning. Initially, it defines and differentiates tax planning, tax avoidance and tax evasion, starting from the premise that is to the State to establish, in a peculiar way, in which criteria should be adopted for the identification of these figures in its legal system. It examines the constitutional principles that can be weighted in Brazil in relation to this theme. It examines the arguments that advocate the adoption of some theories by the Brazilian tax law, as abuse of law, abuse of forms, fraus legis and business purpose test. The research considers how such theories have been originally constructed, respectively, by France, Germany, Spain and the United States of America. After analyzes of each one of these foreign theories and examines the fundamentals of doctrine and court decisions that would be favorable or unfavorable for its application in the Brazilian tax planning, either from legal principles, from National Tax Code (in particular, art. 116, single paragraph) or even from the new Civil Code (in particular, art. 187). Finally, analyses which rule is currently in force in Brazil to the tax planning issues.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:24:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nicole Najjar Prado de Oliveira.pdf: 35223176 bytes, checksum: ce90c5dd883866cdfa47c54df03dc0d7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-24 / The purpose of this study is to present the conclusion regarding the analysis of the a sample of Administrative Board of Tax Appeals CARF case laws involving tax planning, focused on the identification of the grounds of these decisions. In the first part, constitutional institutes concerning to the matter were carefully explored, with a special highlight for the lawfulness, tipicity and fiscal capacity principles. In addition, it was also subject to our review the defects of the legal transactions, since the majority of CARF decisions relies on them to disregard the acts conducted by taxpayers. From the empirical research, it was noted certain common qualities related to the sample of decisions under analysis, which revealed that transactions that imply on tax saving, structured through indirect legal acts, and performed within a short period of time and between related parties are likely significant characteristics at CARF s trials. Besides that, it called our attention the magnitude of influence that the so called business purpose has on the judgment process by CARF´s judges. The results suggest that, despite the discrepancy regarding the qualification of the illicit act (sham, fraud, abuse of rights, etc...), transactions with similar characteristics tend to have the same outcome when it comes to decision reasoning. In fact, the study supports that there is hegemony of use of the sham institute to base the disregard of acts, mostly on the grounds of lack of business purpose to justify the practice by taxpayers. At last, we critically analyzed the reasoning of such decisions based on pre-juridical criteria. We stressed our opinion that the assessment of the tax law should not depend on external factors, such as the time taken between the transactions, their parties or even the existence of such a subjective concept as business purpose, in breach of lawfulness and tipicity principles / Neste trabalho, apresentamos as conclusões da pesquisa jurisprudencial realizada junto ao Conselho Administrativo de Recursos Fiscais CARF, em casos envolvendo planejamento tributário, com o enfoque de identificar a fundamentação dessas decisões. Como ponto de partida, analisamos cuidadosamente os institutos constitucionais afetos à matéria, sendo especialmente destacados os princípios da legalidade, tipicidade e capacidade contributiva. Neste contexto, também foi objeto de estudo os vícios dos negócios jurídicos e institutos correlatos, já que a maioria das decisões do CARF os utiliza como fundamento para possibilitar a desconsideração de atos praticados pelos contribuintes. Neste contexto, da pesquisa empírica, pudemos notar a existência de certas características presentes nas decisões dos casos selecionados, que nos fizeram concluir que operações que impliquem economia de tributos, alcançadas por meio de negócios jurídicos indiretos, compostas por atos encadeados em curto espaço de tempo e realizados entre partes relacionadas são algumas das propriedades relevantes nos julgamentos da matéria pelo CARF. Além disso, nos chamou a atenção a magnitude de influência que o chamado propósito negocial tem sobre a tomada de decisão pelos julgadores do CARF. Foi possível notarmos que, a despeito de eventual discrepância com relação à tipificação do ilícito (simulação, fraude, abuso de direito e etc...), operações com características semelhantes tendem a ter suas decisões fundamentadas da mesma forma. Em realidade, o que pudemos concluir foi a hegemonia da utilização do instituto da simulação para embasar a desconsideração dos atos praticados, na maioria dos casos, sob o argumento de não haver propósito negocial apto a justificar a conduta realizada pelos contribuintes. Por fim, analisamos criticamente a fundamentação dessas decisões em critérios préjurídicos. Enfatizamos nossa opinião de que a incidência da norma jurídica tributária não deve depender de fatores externos ao Direito, tais como o tempo decorrido entre as operações, as partes que a realizaram ou até mesmo a existência ou não de conceito tão subjetivo como é o propósito negocial, sob pena de macularmos o princípio da legalidade e da tipicidade

On the 1st of January 2009, a new regulation regarding interest deduction limitations was enforced. The aim was to prevent tax structure with interest deductions in a community of interest. The changes meant that intra-group share transfers, which generates an intra-group loan structure, can lead to borrower losing their right to deduct interest expenses. Except from the main rule two exceptions were also introduced. These eliminates the limitations, and accept the deductibility despite the above conditions. The exceptions are named ten-percent rule and “ventilen”. It was found that Swedish municipal communities also engaged in such arrangements. As a result of this discovery the Swedish Tax Authority was delegated the task to investigate companies that are in a community of interest with a fully or partially exempted taxpayer in general and its relationship to the tax structure of interest deductions in particular. The application of “ventilen” creates problems regarding the definition of business purpose as well as the relationship between business and organizational purposes. The assessment of organizational purposes is of particular importance for municipal communities of interest where transparency, control and quality assurance are of great importance. Needs of rationalization and organizational changes occurs continually within municipal community groups. Unclarity due to organizational purpose makes these changes, within the municipal communities, problematic. Both municipal communities as well as experts regard the deduction limitations due to municipal community interest unclear. Due to the unclarity a few municipal communities have chosen to switch their internal loans to ones through Kommuninvest. This to avoid the rising risk-taking as any interest deductibility limitations may entail. The Swedish High Administrative Court has in their judgements expressed their support for this kind of loan structure. It is unclear how the law concerning “ventilen” should be applied in regards to municipal communities interest, which also raises questions about “ventilens” compatibility with the principle of legality. The High Swedish Administrative Court has solved the problem, at least for now, by approving an alternative approach, the one including Kommuninvest, which thereby reduces the stress for the Court to come to a conclusion regarding “ventilens” proper functioning and application. / Den 1 januari 2009 trädde en ny lagstiftning i kraft gällande ränteavdragsbegränsningar. Syftet var att förhindra skatteupplägg med ränteavdrag inom en intressegemenskap. Förändringarna innebar att koncerninterna andelsöverlåtelser, som genererar en koncernintern upplåning hänförlig till lånet, kan resultera i att låntagaren förlorar sin avdragsrätt för ränteutgifterna. Till huvudregeln infördes två undantag som undanröjer begräsningen, och godtar avdragsrätt trots ovan förutsättningar. Undantagsreglerna betecknas tioprocentsregeln samt ventilen. Syftet med ränteavdragsbegränsningarna är att förhindra skatteupplägg med ränteavdrag inom intressegemenskaper, och då främst inom privata internationella sådana. Det har dock framkommit att även svenska kommunala intressegemenskaper ägnar sig åt dylika upplägg. Med anledning av denna upptäckt fick SKV i uppdrag att utreda bolag som befinner sig i intressegemenskap med helt eller delvis skattebefriade skattesubjekt i allmänhet samt dess relation till skatteupplägg med ränteavdrag i synnerhet. Tillämpningen av ventilen, i förhållande till kommunala intressegemenskaper, genererar problem gällande såväl definitionen av affärsmässigt samt relationen mellan affärsmässiga och organisatoriska skäl. Bedömning kring organisatoriska skäl blir av stor vikt för kommunala intressegemenskaper där insyn, kontrollutövande och kvalitetssäkring är betydelsefullt. Det uppkommer ständigt behov av effektivisering och förändring för att kunna uppnå en acceptabel nivå av kontroll och inblick i bolagen som kommunen äger och förvaltar.  Då rättsläget enligt kommuner och sakkunniga är oklart har flertalet kommunala intressegemenskaper lagt om sina interna lån via Kommuninvest. Det har gjorts för att undvika det ökade riskatagande som en eventuell förlorad ränteavdragsrätt kan komma att innebära. HFD har i praxis uttryckt sitt stöd för denna typ av omläggning. Gällande rätt bör dock anses vara oklar gällande ventilens tillämpning inom kommunala intressegemenskaper, vilket även väcker frågor kring ventilens kompatibilitet med legalitetsprincipen. HFD kan dock ha ansetts finna en, om än en provisorisk sådan, lösning på problematiken genom att godkänna en omläggning till Kommuninvest som därmed minskar stressen för HFD att komma till en slutsats gällande ventilens korrekta tolkning och tillämpning.

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.

O presente trabalho tem por objeto o estudo do instituto da incorporação de ações. Para tanto, será analisado, (i) no primeiro capítulo, o regime legal vigente e sua natureza jurídica, apresentando-se as diferenças em relação à operação de incorporação de sociedade, fazendo inclusive um contraste com o direito norte-americano; (ii) no segundo capítulo, a proteção dos acionistas minoritários em operações de incorporação de controlada e eventual impedimento de voto do acionista controlador, analisando-se os recentes pareceres de orientação emitidos pela CVM; (iii) no terceiro capítulo, o estudo do instituto do tag along e do fechamento de capital e necessidade de realização de oferta pública em operações de incorporação de ações que impliquem transferência de controle ou cancelamento de registro de companhia aberta, à luz das últimas operações realizadas no mercado; (iv) no quarto capítulo, a discussão dos principais precedentes nos quais a CVM decidiu impor restrições ou impedir a realização de operações de incorporação de ações por entender ter havido um tratamento não equitativo entre os acionistas minoritários e controladores, com o objetivo de demonstrar a alteração do comportamento do órgão regulador no decorrer dos anos / The present work aims the study of the stock-for-stock exchange transactions (incorporação de ações). For this purpose, it will be examined (i) in the first part, the current legal regime and legal nature, contemplating differences with the statutory merger (incorporação de sociedade), including a comparison with the US law, (ii) in the second part, the protection of minority shareholders in the context of parent-subsidiary mergers and possible exclusion from voting of the controlling shareholder, taking into account the recent opinions issued by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), (iii) in the third part, the study of the tag along rights and the regulation for delisting companies and the need to conduct a tender offer in stock-for-stock exchange transactions involving transfer of control or delisting of a publicly-held company in light of recent transactions, and (iv) in the fourth part, the discussion of the key precedents on which CVM has decided to impose restrictions or prevent the conduct of stock-for-stock transaction under the understanding that there was inequitable treatment of minority shareholders and controlling shareholders, in order to demonstrate the change of the CVMs understanding over the years.