Download This PaperWhat May We Expect of a Theory of International Tax Justice?
17 Pages Posted: 3 Dec 2020
Date Written: November 5, 2020
Abstract
In this article, we discuss what may be expected of a theory of international tax justice. After looking at the most important distributive as well as procedural theories of tax justice, we conclude that none of the existing theories can provide a coherent account of international tax justice. We therefore propose an alternative, more pragmatic approach drawing on Amartya Sen. Even if we do not agree on any particular notion of tax justice, it is still obvious that developing countries’ interests will be served by much simpler rules of international tax law.
Keywords: International tax justice; Rawls
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Broekhuijsen, Dirk and Vording, Henk, What May We Expect of a Theory of International Tax Justice? (November 5, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3725661 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3725661
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