Wolfgang Schoen

Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law

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1.

Taxing Multinationals in Europe

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2012-11
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Dec 2012
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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multinational enterprises, European tax law, fundamental freedoms, international business taxation, corporate groups

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Ten Questions About Why and How to Tax the Digitalized Economy

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2017-11
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Dec 2017
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Tax Law, Digitalization, Digitized Economy, Corporate Tax, Tax Reform

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Debt and Equity: What's the Difference? A Comparative View

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-09
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 17 Sep 2009
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, CMS Hasche SigleMax Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Vienna University, Institute for Austrian and International TaxlawMax Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, University of St. Gallen, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public FinanceHgCapital, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance and Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
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Debt, equity, business tax, international tax, corporate law, corporate tax

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EU Tax Law: An Introduction

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2019-12
Number of pages: 107 Posted: 19 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2019
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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H2, H26, K33, K34

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Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: A Roadmap for Reform

Bulletin for International Taxation, Vol. 68, p. 275, 2014, Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 324
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 28 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2014
Hugh J. Ault, Wolfgang Schoen and Stephen E. Shay
Boston College Law School, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law and Boston College Law School
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International Tax Coordination for a Second-Best World (Part I)

World Tax Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 67-114, September 2009
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Apr 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Tax Law, Corporate Taxation, Business Tax, Tax Competition, Profit Attribution, Allocation

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Residual Profit Allocation by Income

Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation Working Paper WP19/01, Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2019-04, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 41/2019
Number of pages: 106 Posted: 22 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2019
Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, Independent, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law and Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation
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International Tax, Tax Reform, Transfer Pricing, Digitalisation, OECD, Transfer Pricing, Intangibles, Tax Avoidance, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Profit Shifting

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Transfer Pricing Issues of BEPS in the Light of EU Law

Reprinted from British Tax Review (BTR), 2015, Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2015-9
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Sep 2015
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Tax Law, Tax Policy, European Law, BEPS

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Taxation and State Aid Law in the European Union

Common Market Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 911-936, 1999
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Jun 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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European Tax Law, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Tax regulation, Subsidies, State aids

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Taxation and Democracy

Tax Law Review, Vol. 72, Forthcoming, Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2018-13
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 22 Oct 2018
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Tax Law, Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Taxation, Democracy, Principles of Taxation, Citizenship, Tax Competition, Taxpayer Protection

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One Answer to Why and How to Tax the Digitalized Economy

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2019-10
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jun 2019
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Taxation, Digital Economy, Tax Policy, Transfer Pricing, Taxing Rights, Digital Investment

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Debt and Equity in Domestic and International Tax Law — A Comparative Policy Analysis

Reprinted from British Tax Review (BTR), 2014, Nr. 2, p. 146 - 217. © Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited and Contributors and Schön, Wolfgang /et.al., Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance 2014-09
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 08 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2014
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corporate law, business taxation, international tax law, debt equity distinction, comparative law, tax policy, comparative policy analysis

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Destination-Based Income Taxation and WTO Law: A Note

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2016-3
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 04 Feb 2016
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International taxation, multinationals, destination-based taxation, WTO law, GATT, ASCM

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Transfer Pricing – Business Incentives, International Taxation and Corporate Law

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2011-05
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2011
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Transfer Pricing, International Taxation, Related Party Transactions, Multinational Enterprises, Corporate Groups, Taxing Rights

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Tax Legislation and the Notion of Fiscal Aid – A Review of Five Years of European Jurisprudence

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2015-14
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Dec 2015
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Taxation of Risk

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2014-03
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Mar 2014
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Tax Law, International Tax Policy, Risk and Taxation, Profit Allocation, Contractual Risk Allocation, Transfer Pricing, Arm’s Length Approach, Double Taxation Conventions, Risk Premium, Intangibles

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International Accounting Standards - A Starting Point for a Common European Tax Base?

European Taxation, Vol. 44, No. 10, 2004, p. 426-440
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 May 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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European Tax Law, Accounting Standards, IAS, IFRS, International Tax Law, Business Taxation, Corporate Taxation, Company groups, common tax base

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Corporate Disclosure in a Competitive Environment - the Ecj's Axel Springer Case and the Quest for a European Framework for Mandatory Disclosure

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 55/2006
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Mar 2006
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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European company law, competitive costs, capital and product markets, disclosure, innovative data, predatory pricing, mutual information, financial markets, mandatory disclosure, closely-held companies

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Free Movement of Capital and Freedom of Establishment

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2015-3
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2015
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Transfer Pricing, the Arm’s Length Standard and European Union Law

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2011-08
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2011
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Transfer Pricing, Freedom of Establishment, International Taxation, Related-Party Transactions, Corporate Groups, International Tax Allocation

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Group Taxation and the CCCTB

Tax Notes International, Vol. 48, No. 11, pp. 1063-1080, 2007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Apr 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Tax Law, Corporate Tax Law, Company Groups, Business Tax, Tax Competition, EC Law

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Is there Finally an International Tax System?

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2021-15
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Sep 2021
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Taxation, Tax Policy, Tax Law, BEPS, Tax Avoidance

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Neutrality and Territoriality — Competing or Converging Concepts in European Tax Law?

Bulletin for International Taxation April/May 2015, Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2015-01
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Jun 2015
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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international tax law, European tax law, international tax allocation

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The Concept of Abuse of Law in European Taxation: A Methodological and Constitutional Perspective

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2019-18
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Nov 2019
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Abuse of Law, European Taxation, European Law, European Court of Justice, Direct Taxation

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Is Everybody Obliged to Pay Taxes Somewhere?

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2023 - 09
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Jul 2023
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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The Role of 'Commercial Reasons' and 'Economic Reality' in the 'Principle Purpose Test' under Art.29(9) OECD Model Tax Convention 2017

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2022-03
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Feb 2022
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Taxation, GAAR, OECD Model Tax Convention, Principal Purpose Tax, Commercial Reasons, Economic Reality

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Playing Different Games? Regulatory Competition in Tax and Company Law Compared

Common Market Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 331-335, 2005
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Apr 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Tax Law, Tax Regulation, Company Law regulation, Tax Competition, Corporate Tax law, Comparative Corporate Governance

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The Distinct Equity of the Debt-Equity Distinction

Bulletin for International Taxation, September 2012, Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2014-08
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 Jun 2014
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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corporate law, business taxation, international tax law, debt equity distinction, tax policy

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Attribution of Profits to PEs and the OECD 2006 Report

Tax Notes International, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 1059-1072, 2007
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 May 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Permanent Establishment, separate entity approach, international tax law, business tax law, corporate tax law, taxation, subsidiary

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Capital Gains Taxation in Germany

British Tax Review No. 6, pp. 620-627, 2005
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 04 Mar 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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German tax law, income tax law, corporate tax, business taxation, capital gains, capital gains taxation

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Regulation and Taxation of the Financial Markets

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2016-8
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 May 2016
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Tax Law Scholarship in Germany and the United States

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2016-7
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 May 2016
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Interpreting European Law in the Light of the BEPS Action Plan

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2020-01
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Jan 2020
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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European Law, BEPS, International Tax Law, Tax Policy

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Statutory Avoidance and Disclosure Rules in Germany

BEYOND BOUNDARTIES - DEVELOPING APPROACHES TO TAX AVOIDANCE AND TAX RISK MANAGEMENT, Judith Freedman, ed., PP. 47-55, 2008
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 04 May 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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German tax law, anti avoidance, anti abuse, income tax law, corporate tax law

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Value Creation, the Benefit Principle and Efficiency-Related Allocation of Taxing Rights

EATLP 2020 Congress Report (EATLP International Tax Series 19, (eds.) W. Haslehner and M. Lamensch, IBFD, Amsterdam, forthcoming, Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2021-06
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 May 2021
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Tax Strategy Patents - A Tax Lawyer's View

PATENTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD, pp. 49-58, Martin J. Adelman, Robert Brauneis, Josef Drexl, Ralph Nack, eds., Liber Amicorum Joseph Straus, 2009
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Jun 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Tax Law, Tax Planning, tax arrangements, Patent Law, business method patents, Tax Regulation

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Public Country-by-Country Reporting: Corporate Law, Fiscal Law and the Principle of Unanimity

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2021-14
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Sep 2021
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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European Law, Tax Law, European Treaties, OECD

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International Tax Rules for Unruly Times

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2023-08
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Jul 2023
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Losing Out at the Snooker Table: Cross-Border Loss Compensation for PE's and the Fundamental Freedoms

A VISIONS OF TAXES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE EUROPEAN BORDERS, FESTSCHRIFT IN HONOR OF FRANS VANISTENDAEL, L. Hinnekens, P. Hinnekens, eds., pp. 813-830, 2008
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 May 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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International Tax Law, EC Law, Double Taxation Conventions, Corporate Tax Law, Business Tax Law, Fundamental Freedoms

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Special Charges - A Gap in European Competition Law?

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 494-504, 2006
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Jun 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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State Aids, State Aid Law, European Tax Law, European Tax Regulation, EC Law, Community Law

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Some Thoughts on the Relationship between the Destination-Based Cash Flow Tax and VAT

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2023 - 07
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Mar 2023
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law
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Destination-Based Cash Flow Tax, WTO Law, VAT, international tax policy, destination principle

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Pre-Clearance in European Accounting Law - The Right Step?

PERSPECTIVES IN COMPANY LAW AND FINANCIAL REGULATION - ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF EDDY WYMEERSCH, pp. 231-243, Michel Tison, Hans De Wulf, Christoph Van Der Elst and Reinhard Steennot, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2009
Posted: 15 Apr 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law

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Financial reporting, SEC, disclosure, no action letter, accounting

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Abuse of Rights and European Tax Law

COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON REVENUE LAW - ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF JOHN TILEY, Cambridge University Press, pp. 75-98, John Avery Jones, Peter Harris, and David Oliver, eds., 2008
Posted: 15 Apr 2010
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law

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Anti Abuse, Anti Avoidance, International Tax Law, EC Law, Corporate Tax Law

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Balance Sheet Tests or Solvency Tests - Or Both?

European Business Organization Law Review (EBOR), Vol. 7, 2006
Posted: 19 Feb 2007
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law

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company law reform, distributions, dividends, accounting law, creditor protection, legal capital, balance sheet, solvency test

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The Odd Couple: A Common Future for Financial and Tax Accounting?

Tax Law Review, Vol. 58, No. 2, 2005
Posted: 08 Dec 2005
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law

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The Future of Legal Capital

European Business Organization Law Review, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 429-448, 2004
Posted: 06 Apr 2005
Wolfgang Schoen
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Business and Tax Law

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legal capital, informational asymmetry, collective offer, minimum capital requirement, solvency test, Überseering, Inspire Art, Centros, SLIM, High Level Group, capital maintenance, limited liability, Companies Bill 2002