JJUA55055U International Taxation - NOTE: THE COURSE IS CANCELLED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER 2017
The object of the course International Taxation is to provide
the students with a thorough understanding and command of national
Danish as well as international tax law enabling them to address,
analyze and solve issues concerning international taxation.
Part I – The Danish Platform
The course will focus on relevant sources of Danish, International
as well as EU law. The important provisions in Danish tax law
concerning tax liability for individuals and companies will be
addressed including issues concerning exit taxation. Further, the
scope of limited liability to Denmark for foreign companies and
individuals as well as special Danish tax incentives for foreign
specialist and researchers working in Denmark will be addressed.
The topics beneficial ownership in relation to dividend
distributions as well as requalification of entities for tax
purposes will be discussed. Joint taxation problems will also be
addressed.
Part II – The International Perspective
Having acquired a working knowledge of domestic Danish law the OECD
Model Convention Treaty for the Avoidance of Double Taxation will
be reviewed in-depth and the definitions applied by the Model
Convention Treaty as well as the solutions provided including
methods for the relief of double taxation will be compared to those
stipulated under domestic Danish law. The commentary to The OECD
Model Convention Treaty will be an important part of the relevant
reading material. Issues concerning Danish CFC (Controlled Foreign
Company) taxation, thin capitalization rules and the limitation of
the right to deduct interest will be analyzed. Domestic and the
OECD Guidelines for Transfer Pricing will be addressed. Finally,
the program will focus on relevant EU provisions concerning the ban
on discrimination, free movement of labour, service and capital,
acceptable reasons for restrictions hereof and issues relating to
concept “proportionality”.
The course will be of specific interest to students who wish to
pursue a career as lawyer, with international organizations or
working for the tax administration SKAT.
The object of the program International Taxation is to provide
the students with a thorough understanding and command of relevant
national Danish as well as international law enabling them to
address, analyze and solve issues concerning to international
taxation.
In order to obtain the grade 12 the student shall demonstrate in
proper English
- A thorough and working knowledge concerning the relevant sources of law and applicable decisions relating to international taxation.
- The ability to apply such sources of law to specific issues relating to international taxation,
- The ability to identify, analyze and apply the provisions concerning full and limited tax liability and issues related thereto – domestic as well as international, including problems concerning requalification of entities and issues concerning beneficial ownership.
- The ability to critically analyze, apply and deduce from he OECD Model Convention Treaty and the commentary thereto,
- The ability to analyse and apply the EU Arbitration Convention
- Working knowledge of CFC taxation, debt to equity thin capitalization, limitation of interest provisions and joint taxation
- Basic knowledge of and ability to relate to Transfer Pricing and the OECD Guidelines
- The ability to identify and make use of relevant EU principles concerning ban against discrimination, free movement of labour, service and capital, principles concerning acceptable restrictions hereof and the principle “proportionality”.
- Michael Lang: Introduction to the Law of Double Taxation
Conventions 2nd edition.
- Christian Emmeluth: Business Operations in Denmark (portfolio),
Tax Management Inc., (85 pages)
- OECD’s Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital: Condensed
version, latest edition, (extract assessed to app. 250
pages
- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 241
- Seminar
- 34
- Total
- 275
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information
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written examinationIndividual written assignment
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
Autumn: December 16, 2016
Spring: June 21, 2017
- Re-exam
Autumn: February 13, 2017
Spring: August 10, 2017
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- JJUA55055U
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn And Spring
- Schedule
- C1 And C2
- Continuing and further education
- Price
DKK 10.000
- Study board
- Law
Contracting department
- Law
Course responsibles
- Rasmus Kristian Feldthusen (26-786779737b793471786f797a6f6774346c6b726a7a6e7b796b7446707b7834717b346a71)