scholarly journals Competing with Whom? For What? And How? The Great Fragmentation of the Firm, FDI Attraction Profiles, and the Structure of International Tax Competition in the European Union

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjan Reurink ◽  
Javier Garcia-Bernardo
Teisė ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 161-175
Author(s):  
Mindaugas Lukas

Šioje pirmojoje iš dviejų publikacijoje tęsiama mokslo darbų „Teisė“ 72 tome publikuotame autoriaus straipsnyje „Valstybės konkurencijos mokesčiais teisiniai aspektai“ pradėta valstybių konkurencijos mo­kesčiais analizė, kuria siekiama išgryninti svarbiausius šio reiškinio teisinio vertinimo pagrindus. Straips­nyje iš pradžių aptariama, kokios tipinės valstybės mokesčių ir ne tik mokesčių teisės aktų nuostatos gali būti identifikuojamos kaip valstybės dalyvavimo pasaulinėse lenktynėse mokesčiais ir dėl mokesčių formos ir instrumentai, vėliau analizuojama teisines prielaidas šiam reiškiniui bei atitinkamiems valsty­bės įgaliotų institucijų norminiams ir administraciniams sprendimams sudaranti ar juos ribojanti nacionalinė teisinė aplinka. Antrojoje straipsnio dalyje pirmiau minėtos valstybių konkuravimo mokesčiais ir dėl mokesčių konkuravimo formos, instrumentai ir valstybių laisvė priimti savarankiškus sprendimus bus įvertinami tipinių dvigubo apmokestinimo išvengimo sutarčių nuostatų bei Europos Sąjungos tei­sės kontekste. Svarbiausias šių publikacijų tikslas parodyti, kad esama kriterijų, kurie minėtas teisines valstybių konkurencijos mokesčiais ir dėl mokesčių išraiškas leidžia apibūdinti ne tik ekonomiškai – kaip žalingas ar naudingas, ar politiškai – kaip sąžiningas ar nesąžiningas, bet ir teisiniu aspektu – kaip tei­sėtas ar neteisėtas. In this first of two publications analysis of the phenomenon of international tax competition, which began in author’s article “Legal side of common aspects of international tax competition”, published in journal “Law” vol. 72, is continued. Article starts with description of typical legal provisions, that are usu­ally considered to be legal landmarks which identify level and scope of state’s involvement in interna­tional tax competition, and deals with national legal background, that empowers or, on the opposite – restricts use and effects of those provisions or various administrative practices. Following article will consider aforementioned provisions in the context of typical provisions of double tax conventions and European Union law. Main aim of whole analysis is to show that there are certain more or less explicit criteria, that enables to describe international tax competition not only economically – as harmful or useful, or politically – as fair or unfair, but also legally – as legal or illegal.


2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Danuše Nerudová ◽  
Svatopluk Kapounek ◽  
Jitka Poměnková

2019 ◽  
pp. 445-456
Author(s):  
César García Novoa

The permanent establishment is an essential concept in International Tax Law. The traditional definition was based on the existence of a fixed place of business. At present, the new economy requires a change in the concept of permanent establishment. The topic of permanent establishment is based today on the so-called sufficient economic presence. The European Union is working on the definition of a permanent digital establishment.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjan Reurink ◽  
Javier Garcia-Bernardo

Economic globalization has pressured countries to compete with one another for firms’ investment capital. Analyses of such competition draw heavily on foreign direct investment (FDI) statistics. In and of themselves, however, FDI statistics are merely a quantification of the value of firms’ investment projects and tell us little about the heterogeneity of these projects and the distinct patterns of competitive dynamics between countries they generate. Here, we create a more sophisticated understanding of international competition for FDI by pointing out its variegated nature. To do so, we trace the “great fragmentation of the firm” to distinguish between five categories of FDI: manufacturing affiliates, shared service centers, R&D facilities, intermediate holding companies, and top holding companies. Using a novel combination of firm-level and country-level data, we identify for each of these different categories which European Union member states are most successful in attracting it, what macro-institutional and tax arrangements are present in them, and what benefits they receive from it in terms of tax revenues and employment creation. In this way, we are able to identify five distinct “FDI attraction profiles” and show that competition increasingly appears to take place amongst subsets of countries that compete for similar categories of FDI.


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