Tax Avoidance and the EC Treaty Freedoms: A Study of the Limitations Under European Law for the Prevention of Tax Avoidance

This unique book investigates the extent tot which a taxpayer may invoke the freedom of movement within the Community in order to avoid national direct taxes. The author shows what at the national level is viewed as abuse may often be viewed from an EC law perspective as invoking the Treaty freedoms.

Among the issues raised in the course of the analysis are the following:

- applicability of each of the freedoms of the citizen, of goods, of workers, of establishment, of services, and of capital;

- tests entailed by Community law: the economic activity test, the artificiality test, and the substance test;

- the extent to which holding and letterbox companies may invoke the freedom of movement; and

- the fiscal cohesion justification.

Product details

• Authors: Webber, Dennis Webber, Dennis Weber
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2005
• EAN: 9789041124029
• ISBN: 978-90-411-2402-9
• No. of pages: 290
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 249 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 653 g
• Series: Eucotax Series on European Tax; Eucotax Series on European Tax
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law