Traduction de «Services du droit fiscal » (Français → Anglais) :

tax law [ tax legislation | tax regulation | financial law(GEMET) | Fiscal law(STW) ]

international tax law

fiscal regulations | tax regulations | fiscal rules | tax legislation

fiscal law | tax law | tax legislation

tax consultant | tax specialist | corporate tax preparer | tax advisor

revenue duty | revenue tariff

Committee of experts on tax law

Tax Law Branch

Joint CICA/Bar Tax Committee

33. Stresses the crucial role of large accounting firms, including the ‘Big Four’, in the design and marketing of rulings and tax avoidance schemes that exploit mismatches between national legislations; stresses that those firms, which seem to derive a considerable amount of their revenue from tax services, to dominate most Member States’ auditing markets and to prevail in global tax advising services, constitute a narrow oligopoly; considers that such a situation cannot continue without damaging the functioning of the single market in the fields of activity of the ‘Big Four’; draws attention to the conflict of interest resulting from ...[+++] the juxtaposition, within the same firms, of tax advice and consulting activities intended, on the one hand, for tax administrations and, on the other, for MNCs’ tax planning services, which exploit the weaknesses of national tax laws; takes the view that good practices in this respect must be promoted and that existing codes of conduct should be improved; questions, nevertheless, the effectiveness of corporate codes of conduct and corporate social responsibility policies in tackling this issue; underlines the fact that tax rulings have become, in the EU and worldwide, a common business practice, not only in order to obtain legal certainty or advantageous tax deals, but also in cases where legislative provisions do not allow any room for interpretation; is concerned by estimations from the tax advice industry that a mere 50 % chance of being lawful is sufficient for a tax planning scheme to be recommended to clients ;

161. Points to the problematic and questionable juxtaposition, within the same firms, of tax advice, auditing and consulting activities intended on the one hand to service tax administrations, e.g. for designing tax systems or improving tax collection, and, on the other hand, to provide tax planning services for MNCs, which may be exploiting the weaknesses of national tax laws;

159. Points to the problematic and questionable juxtaposition, within the same firms, of tax advice, auditing and consulting activities intended on the one hand to service tax administrations, e.g. for designing tax systems or improving tax collection, and, on the other hand, to provide tax planning services for MNCs, which may be exploiting the weaknesses of national tax laws;

Also, Canadian tax law does not allow foreign tax credits for taxes withheld from fees paid by Indian companies for training and engineering services supplied by Canadian companies.