Effectiveness of the Beneficial Ownership Test in Conduit Company Cases

Title
Effectiveness of the Beneficial Ownership Test in Conduit Company Cases
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Jain, Saurabh
Type of document
Book
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
IBFD Publications
Place of publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:14275
Abstract
Countries enter into double tax agreements with the economic objective of preventing double taxation of cross-border transactions. To achieve this objective, the contracting states agree reciprocally to restrict their substantive tax law. That is, a major policy of double tax agreements is to reduce double taxation of residents of states that are parties to the agreement. Residents of third states sometimes contrive to obtain treaty benefits typically by interposing a person or a conduit entity in one of the contracting states. In order to ensure that a resident of a contracting state who claims treaty benefits is entitled to them in substance, double tax agreements should be interpreted according to their substantive economic effect. Generally, double tax agreements follow the pattern of the 'OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital'. ... This book suggests an alternative approach for deciding conduit company cases. It proposes that courts should consider an arrangement as a whole and investigate reasons for the existence of an immediate recipient of passive income in the specific corporate structure. It also recommends amendments in the official commentaries on articles 10, 11 and 12 of the OECD Model in order to address the conceptual shortcomings inherent in those articles.
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ISBN
9789087221751
9789087221744

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