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Introduction to Arbitration
https://media.rss.com/taxbeech/feed.xml At present, the Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) resolves the tax issues arising from cross-border tax. It has been successful in its attempts to resolve tax matters brought by taxpayers to the competent authorities. But as per the OECD MAP statistics 2020, it is a long-drawn process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7uX9ZdUgG0&list=PLYkyV5logMkUCUKMAkwesbgVNc7Z2K-9X&index=1 ArbitrationImpact of BEPS…
Article 17 of MLI – Corresponding Adjustments
What is the corresponding adjustment? When the contracting jurisdiction carries out the adjustment in the price between the associated enterprises, it may lead to economic double taxation. The enterprise in a Contracting jurisdiction whose profits are revised upwards will be liable to tax on profit already taxed in the hands of its associated enterprise in…
Article 15 of MLI | Person Closely Related to an Enterprise
The phrase ‘person closely related to an enterprise’ plays a critical role in applying Article 12, Article 13, and Article 14 of MLI. Article 15 of MLI defines this phrase based on the text of Article 5(6)(b) of the OECD Model Tax Convention as set out on pages 16 and 17 of the Action 7…
Article 14 of MLI | Splitting up of Contracts
Splitting up of contracts is a strategy used for artificial avoidance of Permanent Establishment. Action 7 report notes that as a common strategy for avoiding PE through abuse of Article 5(3) of the OECD Model Tax Convention. Article 14 of the MLI provides to curb this abuse explicitly. Article 14(1) of MLI – Splitting up…
Article 13 of MLI | Exceptions to Permanent Establishment Rule
Article 13 of the MLI modifies Article 5(4) of the OECD Model Tax Convention, which deals with a list of exceptions that do not constitute a Permanent Establishment. The rationale behind creating an exception list is that all activities mentioned in the list have a preparatory or auxiliary character that is not enough to establish…
Article 12 of MLI | Avoidance of PE through Commissionnarie Arrangements
A country has a right to tax the income of its residents and the income of PE of non-resident MNEs. However, through a web of tax planning and corporate structures, many large corporates have artificially avoided the establishment of PE through Commissionnarie Arrangements (covered in Article 12 of MLI) and similar strategies. An OECD study…

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