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Schwarz on tax treaties / Jonathan Schwarz, BA, LLB (Witwatersrand) ; LLM (University of California, Berkeley), FTII, Barrister, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa, Barrister and Solicitor, Alberta, Canada.
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Title:Schwarz on tax treaties / Jonathan Schwarz, BA, LLB (Witwatersrand) ; LLM (University of California, Berkeley), FTII, Barrister, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa, Barrister and Solicitor, Alberta, Canada.
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Variant Title:Tax treaties
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Author/Creator:Schwarz, Jonathan, author.
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Published/Created:Kingston upon Thames, Surrey : Wolters Kluwer, [2015]
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Call Number: KD5380 .S349 2015
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Double taxation--Treaties.
Foreign trade regulation--Great Britain.
International business enterprises--Taxation.
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Edition:Fourth edition.
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Description:xxi, 629 pages ; 25 cm
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Summary:Schwarz on Tax Treaties' is the definitive analysis of tax treaties from a UK perspective and provides in- depth expert analysis of the interpretation and interaction of the UK's treaty network with EU and international law in their application to UK tax law. Jonathan Schwarz is a pre-eminent authority on international taxation, a leading barrister in this area and a visiting Professor at King's College, London. Schwarz on Tax Treaties has quickly established itself as the standard reference work on this challenging subject.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9789041166685 hardcover
9041166688
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: Introduction
Sources of international law
International law and domestic law
Public international law and private international law
States
State immunity from tax
International organisations
Law of Treaties
Introduction
What are tax treaties?
Treaty-making
Scope of tax treaties
Tax rules in non-tax treaties
Treaty implementation
Extent of treaty implementation
Retrospective effect
Treaties made under old law
Effect of treaties
Putative treaties
State succession
Relationship between treaties and specific statutory provisions
Treaty override
Treaty under-ride
Limiting access to treaties
Extension of treaty benefits
Introduction
Treaties and member state domestic law
Personal scope
Treaties between member states
Treaty effect on restrictions
Discriminatory treaties
Treaties neutralising discrimination
Treaty effect on defences to restrictions
Avoidance and abuse of law
Treaties with third countries
Treaties and compensation for breach of EU law
EU Treaties with third countries
Tax immunities of the EU
Introduction
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Commerzbank principles
General rule of interpretation
Special meanings of terms
Supplementary means of interpretation
Statutory rules of interpretation
Autonomous meaning and references to domestic law
Treaties in more than one language
Human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights
Introduction
Taxes covered
Territorial scope
Temporal scope
Who is entitled to the benefits of a tax treaty?
Personality
Residence
Who is a resident for treaty purposes?
Dual residence: the tie-breaker
Saving clause
Nationality
States as resident of a contracting state
Tax favoured entities as residents of a contracting state
Cornerstone of cross-border business taxation
Meaning of permanent establishment
Interpretation of permanent establishment
Physical permanent establishments
Permanent establishments and the digital economy
illustrative list
Branch
Building site and construction or installation projects
Agency permanent establishments
Independent agents
Services and permanent establishments
Deemed activity and unconventional permanent establishments
Preparatory or auxiliary activities
Parent companies and subsidiaries as permanent establishments
Diverted profits tax
Allocation of taxing jurisdiction
Classification of sources
Business profits
Enterprise
Which profits are 'business' profits?
Attribution of profits to permanent establishments
Authorised OECD approach
Force of attraction
Attribution of profits to permanent establishments (2010 version)
Domestic attribution - income tax
Domestic attribution - corporation tax
Deduction of expenditure
Financial institutions
Customary methods of allocation
Independent personal services
Technical service fees
Shipping and air transport
Artists and sportspeople
Associated enterprises
Introduction
Income from immovable property
Dividends
Interest
Royalties
Introduction
Income from employment
Employment
Employment versus self-employment
Employment income and intermediaries
Place of performance
Timing of income and performance of duties
Short-stay employees
Employment-related securities
Seafarers and aircrew
Company directors
Academics
Diplomats and consular officers
Government services
Pensions
Contributions to pension schemes
Government pensions
Introduction
Persons chargeable
Gains of non-resident companies
Gains of non-resident settlements
Movable property
Immovable property
Shares and similar rights
Alienation of ships and aircraft
Exit charges
Foreign exit taxes
Gains of former residents
Other income
Income from trusts and estates
Alimony and maintenance payments
Offshore exploration and exploitation activities
Channel Tunnel
Remittance basis taxpayers
Students
Introduction
Legislative instruments
Direct effect
Tax by regulation: the European Economic Interest Grouping
Directives and tax treaties
Parent-Subsidiary Directive
Interest and Royalty Directive
Mergers Directive
Mergers Directive: Tax consequences
Directive abuse and tax avoidance
Associated enterprises
Exchange of information and recovery of taxes
Savings Directive
Introduction
Credit for foreign tax
Treaty versus unilateral relief
Same income, different person
Matching foreign income and tax with UK liability
Source rules
Residence
Foreign tax payable
Treaty restrictions on credit
Circular cases
Credit for underlying tax
Tax sparing
Exemption of foreign income
Introduction
Tax treaty non-discrimination
Tax treaty non-discrimination and EU law
Discrimination against foreign nationals and stateless persons
Discrimination against permanent establishments
Discrimination based on residence of payee
Discrimination based on ownership of enterprises
Taxes covered
Authorisation of discrimination
References to treaty non-discrimination in domestic law
Most favoured nation treatment
Introduction
What is avoidance?
Treaty interaction with domestic anti-avoidance rules
Treaty shopping
Amendments to Commentary in 2003
Treaty-based anti-abuse measures
Beneficial ownership
Other specific countermeasures
Subject-to-tax approach
Exclusion of tax-favoured entities
Channel approach
Bona fide provisions
Purpose provisions
Look-through rules
US Treaty limitation on benefits
Other approaches
Procedural methods
Judicial approaches
Introduction
Treaty-based procedures
Self-assessment and deduction at source
Claim or self-assessment of treaty benefits
Claims
Deduction at source
Notice to pay at treaty rates
Forms
Beneficial ownership
Procedure
Dividends
Interest and royalties
Business profits
Employment and pension income
Entertainers and sportspeople
Residence: individual
Residence: company
Minimising foreign tax
Administration of treaties
Substantive disputes
Judicial review
Complaints
Map
Map: taxation not in accordance with the treaty
Map: time limits
Map: procedure
Map: appeal versus Map
Map: methods of giving relief
Map: treaty interpretation or application
Map: elimination of double taxation not provided for
Map: communication between competent authorities
Map: arbitration
Map and GATS dispute resolution
Introduction
Scope of convention
Taxes covered
Arm's length standard
Participation in management, control or capital
Elimination of double taxation
Time limits
Adjustment procedure
Choice of forum
Penalty proceedings
Conclusion
Introduction
Revenue rule
What are the Revenue matters?
Is the rule against enforcing foreign revenue judgments contrary to the EU Treaty?
Authority for administrative cooperation
Exchange of information: duty of confidentiality
Exchange of information: authority to exchange information
Exchange of information: sources of information
Exchange of information: domestic procedure
Exchange of information: treaty provisions
Tax exchange of information agreements
Agreements with Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories to improve international tax compliance
EU Mutual Assistance Directive
EU automatic exchange of financial information
EU Savings Directive
EU savings income treaties
EU automatic exchange of information treaties
Assistance in the recovery of taxes - authority to provide assistance
EU mutual assistance in the recovery of taxes
Bilateral tax treaty assistance in recovery of taxes
Convention for mutual administrative assistance in tax matters
Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information
OECD Common Reporting Standard
Swiss-UK agreement on tax cooperation
US-UK Agreement to improve international tax compliance and to implement FATCA
UK Common Reporting Standard implementation.