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7 - Tax Avoidance and EU Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2021

Christiana H. J. I. Panayi
Affiliation:
Queen Mary University of London
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Chapter 7 examined the concept of tax avoidance in the context of EU law. This chapter also examined various types of anti-abuse rules and their compatibility with EU law. An attempt was made to assess the Court’s judgments in the area of controlled foreign companies, thin capitalization and transfer pricing. The position following the introduction of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive was also assessed, whenever relevant. It was shown that there is some tension between established case law and the provisions of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, most of which apply primarily in a mechanical way. What was also notable was the shift of emphasis from having the Court of Justice scrutinize national anti-abuse rules, to demanding from Member States to introduce de minimis anti-abuse rules based on this Directive. As regards transfer pricing rules, it was argued that the current judgments of the Court of Justice could give rise to variable interpretation of basic concepts of international tax law, due to the obscure relationship between the Court’s commercial justification test and the OECD’s arm’s length principle.

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Print publication year: 2021

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