Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten
The UK Perspective
Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten
ISBN: 978-94-035-3724-5
Verlag: Kluwer Law International
In so doing, it addresses, with emphasis on UK tax law, issues such as:
- the meaning of a ‘partnership’ and a ‘trust’;
- what is meant and is not meant by ‘tax transparency’, across a range of taxes and situations;
- how tax treaties have dealt with entity classification questions and related ‘transparency’ issues;
- how entity classification questions are impacted by EU law; and
- how the UK approach could be improved, policy-wise and practically, without facilitating tax avoidance.
The book compares in detail the UK entity classification approach with that of the US, the Netherlands and France. Appendices consider the unusual UK capital gains tax treatment of partnerships, as well as the special transparency rules which can apply where a partnership is party to loans or derivative contracts, or owns intangible assets.
Questions of entity classification and tax transparency are of fundamental importance in any mature tax system and especially in a globalised economy. This book unlocks those questions for both academics and practitioners.