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• Already existing CFC rules. ATA Recommendation encourages Member States to use the amended OECD approach for PEs. Model Convention and contains a provision dealing with fiscally transparent entities.

The Finance Law for 2019 amends the existing tax regime for intellectual property, under which, under certain conditions, royalties may benefit from a lower rate of taxation. • The European Parliament has approved (with suggested amendments) the proposed Council Directives BEPS is here to stay, so should not be ignored.

Consider the implications of the state aid Threatens to distort, or actually distorts, competition. The US tax-exempt investors are trickier. This seems to follow the pairing of the U.S. policies of GILTI and Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) which are both worldwide minimum taxes on different types of income. The DOTAS rules are not as wide as the new EU reporting rules. Broadly, state aid is anti-competitive behaviour by an EU member state that: • Seeks to give a financial benefit to a select undertaking or group of undertakings. Tax Treaty History – the Action 15 Multilateral Instrument, Ask an expert – The anti-hybrids rules and private equity fund structures. • from an administrative perspective, the way that the DPT is assessed and charged is somewhat unusual – it sits outside of the self-assessment process, allows HMRC wide discretion to levy tax on notional profits and gives taxpayers limited rights of appeal. This Report sets out those recommendations in two parts. • ATA Recommendation on Tax Treaties encourages Member States to use an EU-compatible PPT approach. • The MLI entered into force for the UK on 1 October 2018. The specific business models targeted by this approach are social media platforms, search engines, and online marketplaces. The BEPS Action Plan will largely need to be implemented by the participating countries. • Proposed regulations under the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) regime released in • No specific new legislation currently proposed. This will require MNEs to provide high-level information regarding their global business operations and transfer pricing policies in a “master file” that is to be available to all relevant tax administrations. With the new BEPS driven changes, we are paying particular attention to detailed stress testing of financial modelling scenarios to ensure the limitations on tax deductions do not hinder free cash flow for business operation and/or strategic growth plans. Model Convention. Pillar 1 is mainly, then, about reallocating the tax base among countries using different metrics and methods. double non-taxation, double deduction, long-term deferral) of hybrid instruments and entities.

This report sets out recommendations for domestic rules to neutralise the effect of hybrid mismatch arrangements and includes changes to the OECD Model Tax Convention to address such arrangements. have the part of its interest deduction excluded corresponding to the proportion of the interest receivable • On 10 October 2017, the Council of the EU adopted new rules to better resolve tax disputes (directive on tax dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union). The document also notes that the proponents of this option dispute this argument. Please contact BEPS@Debevoise.com to discuss further. PE definition in final CbCR Regulations is intended to be consistent with the final BEPS report.

State S is ‘allowed to tax the income derived directly from such investments’. ATAD includes a provision to address hybrid mismatches. • Luxembourg has expressed strong reservations about the EU proposals to tax digital companies. Joint Transfer Pricing Forum working on EU approach to review and update transfer pricing (TP). CbCR in force by way of an amendment to the DAC. 28 December 2018.

The PE clause contains an anti-fragmentation rule. clarifies that the tax treaty is not intended to be used to generate double non-taxation or reduced calculating ordinary income, amounts allocated to a tax exempt investor should be deemed to be ordinary the new domestic PE provision applies. The anti-hybrid rules have the potential to catch reasonably common arrangements.”, “Sustainable and responsible financing structures have always been important to us. • It has signed CAAs with various jurisdictions. The document provides an outline of proposals that the Inclusive Framework (IF) on BEPS (a group of 128 countries) is considering for ways to change international tax rules.

• Released in February 2016, the General Expectations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2017 Revenue Proposals (under Obama) included proposals relating to digital goods and services. Our work depends on support from members of the public like you. taxation through tax evasion. • Real estate fund is fiscally transparent with a range of institutional investors from various jurisdictions. The deadline for the first wave of implementation for ATAD is set for 31 December 2018, with the final wave set for 31 December 2019. Action 2 aims to neutralize tax benefits that hybrid entities enjoy due to mismatched treatment by various tax jurisdictions. Define the tax base for reallocation by measuring user contributions, then allocate that base to market countries with an allocation metric (potentially revenues). To determine if the mismatch would arise by reason of the terms of the PECs we need to analyse Abuse of law theory may apply to abuse of tax treaty. http://www.debevoise.com/insights/publications/2017/07/treaty-benefits-in-a-fund-context.

Continuing participation in OECD work on further developing guidelines as well as calling for targeted measures to be introduced to protect them from abuse. • The Finance Law for 2019 contains a general anti-abuse rule in line with ATAD, which provides that non-genuine arrangements put in place for the main purpose (or one of the main purposes) of obtaining a tax advantage that defeats the object or purpose of the applicable tax law should be ignored. covered. Absent confirmation, the rules state that ‘it does not matter Unsurprisingly, the OECD concludes that ‘it would not be reasonable to deny the benefit of the tax treaties’. The Tax Foundation will continue to review this document and will be following up with more analysis of the various options.

ACTION 2 Neutralise the effects of hybrid mismatch arrangements Develop model treaty provisions and recommendations regarding the design of domestic rules to neutralise the effect (e.g. when drafting the tax indemnity provisions “BEPS has already resulted in behavioral change in some form or fashion; everyone is (or should be) sensitive to BEPS, it adds another layer of rules and regulations that need to be considered. • Real estate fund invests in real estate via Master HoldCo.

under the PECs that has resulted in the mismatch outcome (the US investors’ collective sharing percentage). Ongoing work on two legislative proposals announced in March 2018: reform of corporate tax rules so that profits are registered and taxed where businesses have significant interaction with users through digital channels; and.

(See Action 15 below.). the new domestic PE provision applies. Work includes looking at more economic analysis in TP‚ better use of companies’ internal systems‚ and improving TP administration.

It introduced two new categories of income: GILTI and foreign derived intangible income (FDII). Unsurprisingly, the OECD concludes that ‘it would not be reasonable to deny the benefit of the tax treaties’. The plan is ambitious in the scope of issues it intends to address, the time in which it expects a • Luxembourg is required to implement the new EU reporting rules by 31 December 2019. For a short animation explaining the anti-hybrid rules, see http://beps.debevoise.com/#video2.

Debevoise has experienced tax professionals in the USA, UK, France and Hong Kong. • It will only apply to bilateral tax treaties once it is in force for both parties. respect of payments made under a hybrid financial instrument or payments made to or One of 20 countries committed to adopting mandatory binding arbitration in their tax treaties through the MLI. in Part 1 of the report will neutralise the effect of cross-border hybrid mismatch The Actions are wide-ranging and consider, among other things, hybrid entities and instruments, interest deductibility, double tax treaty abuse, permanent establishment status and transfer pricing. Updated draft of Model Income Tax Convention released February 2016. of any investment. • A new law on transfer pricing, in line with BEPS recommendations, was adopted in December 2016. • The earnings stripping rule from ATAD came into force on 1 January 2019.

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