Controlled foreign corporation rules are a fundamental piece of the international tax regime. They preserve national tax bases from erosion and profit shifting, counteract tax deferral and implement capital export neutrality policies. However, the application of these rules should be coordinated at treaty level, which would also serve to avoid undesirable policy effects. The legal framework of tax treaties, as integrated by the Multilateral Convention, is now ready to support such a coordinated application of CFC rules. The new set of provisions for transparent entities can be used to this end, on the assumption that certain CFCs should also be treated as transparent entities. Indeed, CFC rules patterned after the transparency approach produce effects and involve problems comparable to transparent partnerships. This article elaborates on some of these problems and illustrates how the new provisions dedicated to transparent entities interact with each other and allow a balanced application of treaties to CFCs as well

Canè, D. (2017). Controlled Foreign Corporations as Fiscally Transparent Entities. The Application of CFC Rules in Tax Treaties. WORLD TAX JOURNAL, 9(4), 521-563.

Controlled Foreign Corporations as Fiscally Transparent Entities. The Application of CFC Rules in Tax Treaties

Canè, D.
2017

Abstract

Controlled foreign corporation rules are a fundamental piece of the international tax regime. They preserve national tax bases from erosion and profit shifting, counteract tax deferral and implement capital export neutrality policies. However, the application of these rules should be coordinated at treaty level, which would also serve to avoid undesirable policy effects. The legal framework of tax treaties, as integrated by the Multilateral Convention, is now ready to support such a coordinated application of CFC rules. The new set of provisions for transparent entities can be used to this end, on the assumption that certain CFCs should also be treated as transparent entities. Indeed, CFC rules patterned after the transparency approach produce effects and involve problems comparable to transparent partnerships. This article elaborates on some of these problems and illustrates how the new provisions dedicated to transparent entities interact with each other and allow a balanced application of treaties to CFCs as well
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Controlled foreign corporations; Fiscally transparent entities; Tax Treaties; Base Erosion and Profit Shifting;
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dic-2017
2017
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521
563
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Canè, D. (2017). Controlled Foreign Corporations as Fiscally Transparent Entities. The Application of CFC Rules in Tax Treaties. WORLD TAX JOURNAL, 9(4), 521-563.
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