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Anti-Tax Avoidance Measures from the Perspective of Czech, European Union and International Tax Law
Kappel, Jiří ; Boháč, Radim (referee)
This dissertation deals with the issue of tax avoidance, which has been intensively discussed at international, EU and national level in recent years and has led to relatively extensive reforms of general and specific rules responding to this problem. For this reason, the main objective of this dissertation is to identify the impact of anti-avoidance rules that can be applied in the Czech Republic on the application practice, especially in the area of corporate income tax. With regard to the main objective of the dissertation, two hypotheses are formulated which will be examined, namely that I. these rules currently represent a sufficiently effective solution to tax avoidance and II. these rules do not contradict fundamental legal principles. As the rules under examination are not contained only in domestic law, the issue will also be approached from the perspective of EU and international law. Among the scientific methods, the thesis mainly uses description to introduce the individual rules, analysis to critically assess them and synthesis to formulate conclusions, verify hypotheses and propose related normative recommendations. Key words Tax Avoidance, GAAR, SAAR, BEPS
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Tax avoidance by multinational corporations: evidence from new data
Vinogradov, Alex ; Janský, Petr (advisor) ; Palanský, Miroslav (referee)
The CbCR data published based on OECD's Action 13 of the 2015 Final Report represents the best macroeconomic CbCR dataset today. This thesis analyzes its second year of published data (2017), calculates historical ETRs and builds on top of the semi-elasticity model of profits with specifications successfully estimated on the 2016 data, with the use of OLS models, WLS models, which enabled the retention of the maximum amount of data and the unique use of Country Level Premium as a predictor proved itself as a better predictor than the alternative GDP per capita. The estimated semi-elasticity from the best model is then used to calculate the amount of shifted profits. JEL Classification B10, F01, F02, F15, F40, C21 Keywords BEPS, ETR, historical ETR, Country Risk Pre- mium Title Tax avoidance by multinational corporations: evidence from new data Abstrakt CbCR data jsou publikovaná v rámci akčniho bodu 13 Závěrečného reportu OECD a představují dnes ten nejlepší dataset ekonomickích dat, reportovaních po jednotlivích zemích. Tato diplomová práce analyzuje druhý ročnik techto data - pro rok 2017, spočitá efetivní daňovou míru a modeluje semi-elasticitu profitu pomocí OLS a poté WLS, terý umožni využít maximum pozorování z datasetu a zahrne riziková premia pro jednotlivé země jako preditor. Nejlepší...
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Legal aspects of tax planning in the direct tax area
Kamínková, Petra ; Karfíková, Marie (advisor) ; Boháč, Radim (referee) ; Papoušková, Zdenka (referee)
Title in English: Legal aspects of tax planning in the direct tax area Abstract: In 2012, the European Commission published its Recommendation on aggressive tax planning (2012/772/EU). To counteract aggressive tax planning, Member States should adopt a general anti-abuse rule (GAAR), which is drafted in the Recommendation. At that time, no one knew that GAARs would become obligatory for member states from 2019. In 2013, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) started the BEPS Project, which is considered the biggest revolution in the international tax law system since its creation in the 1950s. I introduce these initiatives and the legal instruments they bring. I focus on GAARs, which I consider to be the most important instruments. Their vagueness allows them to tackle any tax planning scheme. Their importance in the direct tax area grows as they become part of tax treaties based on the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting signed on 7 July 2017 and part of the national legal systems of the EU member states based on the Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164 of 12 July 2016, laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market. First part of this thesis focuses on...
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Daňové plánování prostřednictvím vnitropodnikového financování v post-BEPS kontextu
Cacková, Hana
Cacková, H. Tax planning through intercompany financing in the post-BEPS era. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2017. This diploma thesis deals with evaluating the impacts of BEPS recommendations in the area of hybrid financing structures on tax planning of multinational companies. The thesis consists of two main parts. The first part contains a review of the literature regarding international tax planning, intercompany financing and hybrid financing structures. The second part analyses the BEPS Action 2 recommendations and evaluates it with the use of SWOT analysis and case studies.
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Daňové plánování a změny struktur financování v návaznosti na BEPS
Křenek, Daniel
Křenek, D. Tax planning and changes of financing structures according BEPS. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2018. This doploma thesis deals with quantification of impact into companies tax bases, which are using tax planning related to intra group financing. Quantification is done before and after application BEPS rules. The thesis consists of two main parts. The first part contains a review of the literature, which defines mainly problematic of tax planning using intra group financing, basic tax structures, thin capitalisation rules, analysis of action plan number 4 BEPS and analysis of ATAD direction. The second part quantifies impacts into tax bases companies before and after implementation of ATAD.
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Taxing the digital sector
Ondřej, Lukáš
This thesis is about the taxation of the digital sector of the economy. Currently, this issue is being discussed because of the fast development of these services, where the current rules for taxation of goods and services are still dependent on the physical presence of entities at the point of sale and thus unusable. The work is focused on existing systems and proposals on how to tax this sector in the EU, problematics in international tax planning and aggressive planning to reduce the tax base. The aim of the thesis is to compare available proposals and established regimes in the EU and to draw a proposal for taxation of digital services for the Czech Republic. The main method of this thesis is to analyze the obtained data for the subsequent comparison of indicators and benefits for the Czech Republic. The thesis offers an insight into the digital sector, countermeasures by individual states by application of unilateral measures and the EU measures and effort to come up with a common tax regime. The main benefit of the thesis is the proposal for taxation of the digital sector in the Czech Republic and the estimate of possible revenues. The Czech Republic has started to address this issue in early 2019, but it is still uncertain how or when this taxation will occur.
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Corporate structures
Posmiková, Simona ; Novotný, Petr (advisor) ; Vondráčková, Pavlína (referee)
The main goal of the thesis is to identify and explore the possibilities of using corporate tax structures in detail. And, moreover, how it influences corporate income tax and personal income tax with a focus on the partners of these corporate entities. The first part of the thesis represents the theoretical framework, especially the explanation of the basic concepts related to tax corporate structures and the most important limits in their compilation. This section also includes recommendations primarily made by the OECD to remove parts of the legislation that allows the transfer of profits between entities or to fill gaps in this legislation that allows the use of tax relief in unjustified cases. The thesis also contains the current legislation of the European Union and the Czech Republic regarding tax policy. The first part of the thesis in the above context is processed in chapters 1 to 5. In the second part, starting from chapter 6, I analyse the adjustment of the corporate structure of the Amazon group and I make suggestions for possible methods of establishing transfer prices for transactions carried out within this group in the Czech Republic. In this section of the thesis I also compare the possible effects on the tax burden in the case of a differently set corporate structure of the...
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Legal aspects of the fight against tax evasion
Do Thai, Quang ; Vybíral, Roman (advisor) ; Sejkora, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis deals with the legal aspects of the fight against tax evasion with a particular focus on current legal instruments within the Czech legal order. The thesis is divided into five parts. The first part of the thesis defines the concept of tax evasion, compares the concepts of tax avoidance and tax evasion in the foreign literature. The term tax evasion does not have a legal definition in the Czech legal order and different views of the meaning of this term can be found. This thesis works with tax evasion as an illegal arrangement aiming at minimizing one's tax liability, as well as acting towards circumventing tax legislation. The second part also summarizes the knowledge about BEPS and its influence on the state budget, competition and society. The third part is devoted to selected specific legal instruments in the fight against BEPS, namely the institute of abuse of law, transfer pricing rules, low capitalization, international cooperation and double tax treaties. These tools are described in detail and their current form is analyzed. The work also expresses the author's personal opinion on these tools, which he considers to be very conservative. Similarly, the instruments introduced into the Czech legal system with the implementation of the ATAD Directive are analyzed. The last part of...
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