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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 Taxing Cross-Border Business Income |
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1.1 What Is Cross-Border Taxation? |
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1.2 Fundamental Concepts of International Taxation: Residence and Source |
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1.3 The History of International Double Taxation: The "1920s Compromise" |
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1.4 Justifying Source and Residence Taxation |
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1.5 The Benefit Theory and Its Relationship to Value Creation |
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34 | (7) |
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1.6 Observations about Source and Residence Taxation in the Context of Cross-Border Business |
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41 | (5) |
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1.7 Exploring the Limits of Domestic Source-Based Taxation |
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46 | (9) |
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1.8 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting and the Emerging Threat of Digitalisation in Business |
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55 | (2) |
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2 The Development of Digital Business |
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2.1 The Dynamic Information Age |
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57 | (6) |
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2.2 The Defining Characteristics of Digital Markets |
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63 | (5) |
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2.3 Doing Business Using a Multi-sided Platform |
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2.4 Using the Reseller Model |
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2.5 Using Vertically Integrated Firms |
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2.6 Using Firms That Are Input Suppliers |
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2.7 Observations about the Key Characteristics of Digitalised Business Models |
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3 Challenges to the Tax System Posed by the Digitalisation of Business |
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3.1 Introduction to the Challenges |
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3.2 The Vanishing Ability to Tax Business Profits |
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3.3 The Use of Data, the Contribution of Users and the Measurement of Their Value |
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3.4 The Reliance on, and Mobility of, Intellectual Property |
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102 | (2) |
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3.5 The Characterisation of Transactions and Income |
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104 | (2) |
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3.6 The Failure of Transfer Pricing with Certain Multinational Enterprises and Their Transactions |
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106 | (2) |
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3.7 The Inadequacy of Residence-Based Taxation |
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108 | (2) |
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3.8 Competition by States |
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4 Responding to the Challenges: Legal Constraints on Any Changes to the Current Framework |
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112 | (1) |
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4.2 International Tax at the Crossroads |
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119 | (2) |
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4.4 Constraints Imposed by the Scope of Double Tax Agreements (DTAs) |
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4.6 Constraints Imposed by the Membership of the WTO |
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146 | (21) |
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5 The OECD Secretariat's and Inclusive Framework's Proposals for Multilateral Reforms |
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5.2 Pillar One: Allocation of Taxing Rights and Nexus |
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5.3 Pillar One: What Is Proposed in the Unified Approach Proposal? Three Components of Income: Amount A |
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5.4 Amount B: Fixed Remuneration for Marketing and Distribution |
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193 | (5) |
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5.5 Amount C: The "Top-Up" |
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5.6 Dispute Prevention and Resolution |
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200 | (4) |
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5.7 Pillar Two: Global Anti-base Erosion Proposal |
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204 | (7) |
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211 | (2) |
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6 Examining the Proposals for Multilateral Reforms |
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6.1 Does the 2020s Compromise Address the Challenges of the Digital Economy to the International Tax Framework? |
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213 | (3) |
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6.2 Dealing with the Vanishing Ability to Tax Business Profits |
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216 | (7) |
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6.3 The Use of Data, the Contribution of Users and the Measurement of Their Value |
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223 | (3) |
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6.4 The Reliance on, and Mobility of, Intellectual Property |
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226 | (1) |
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6.5 The Characterisation of Transactions and Income |
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227 | (1) |
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6.6 The Failure of Transfer Pricing with Certain Multinational Enterprises and Their Transactions |
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228 | (4) |
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6.7 Tackling the Inadequacy of Residence-Based Taxation |
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232 | (1) |
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6.8 Competition by States |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (2) |
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7 Implementing the Proposals for Multilateral Reforms |
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237 | (26) |
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7.1 Issues with the Implementation of the 2020s Compromise? |
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237 | (14) |
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7.2 Implementing the Changes Proposed by Amount B |
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251 | (2) |
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7.3 Issues with Implementing Amounts A, B and C |
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253 | (1) |
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7.4 Issues with Implementing Key Elements of Pillar Two |
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254 | (6) |
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7.5 Common Pillar One and Two Implementation Issues |
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260 | (3) |
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8 The Influence of Alternative Policy Strategies on the 2020s Compromise |
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263 | (42) |
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8.1 Where Do the Strategies of the 2020s Compromise Originate? |
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263 | (2) |
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8.2 Destination-Based Cash Flow Taxation |
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265 | (7) |
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8.3 Residual Profit Allocation by Income |
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272 | (8) |
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8.4 Formulary Apportionment |
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280 | (5) |
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8.5 Expanding the Concept of Permanent Establishment |
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285 | (20) |
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9 Interim Solutions and Long-Term Reforms |
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305 | (17) |
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9.1 Crossroads: Responding in a Unilateral or a Unified Way? |
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305 | (1) |
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9.2 Key Generic Design Issues with DSTs |
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306 | (7) |
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9.3 Significant Areas of Change in the 2020s Compromise |
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313 | (9) |
Index |
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