Data Protection and Taxpayers' Rights: Challenges Created by Automatic Exchange of Information
Author: Viktoria Wöhrer
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9789087224714
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Exchange of Information in the EU
Author: Marina Serrat Romaní
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2024-04-12
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 1035314568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis timely book provides a holistic analysis of the exchange of information procedures for tax purposes within the EU from an administrative law and tax law perspective. It explores how procedural and substantive taxpayers’ rights are affected by exchange of information processes, and rigorously examines the effectiveness of the current legal framework.
Tax Law and Digitalization: The New Frontier for Government and Business
Author: Jeffrey Owens
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Published: 2021-09-15
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9403534044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew technologies are changing the way that tax administrations, taxpayers and their advisers interact, leading to a reduction in the compliance cost for taxpayers, a level playing field for large and small businesses, and fewer opportunities to engage in aggressive tax practices. Although entering a new world where processes are supported by machines inevitably disrupts traditional ways of working, the contributors to this indispensable book reveal the enormous potential of ‘tax technology’ to positively transform tax compliance, clearly showing both government and business how to manage the transition from the old to the new. With detailed treatment of the technology available in the tax field, the authors describe how to secure its benefits in such ways as the following: electronic balance sheets and invoices; automated transmission to tax authorities; innovative analytics applications; blockchain in tax law processes; process mining in VAT; real-time reporting with cryptography; and meeting the challenges to taxpayers’ rights to privacy and personal data protection. The contributions draw on an international conference held under the auspices of the Digital Economy Taxation Network at the Vienna University of Economics and Business in December 2020. The perspective throughout focuses on how to achieve better tax compliance at a lower cost. For this reason, this full-scale, practical guide on how to adapt tax law to new technologies and how to apply tax tech processes in practice will be welcomed by tax practitioners, tax administrations, and academics across the entire tax community.
Ensuring Taxpayer Rights in the Era of Automatic Exchange of Information : EU Data Protection Rules and Cases
Author: X. Huang
Publisher:
Published: 2018
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ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the automatic exchange of information on tax matters (AEOI) developing into the new international standard, large quantities of information have been or will be subject to cross-border transfer. As a result, data play a significant role in the mechanism. Although the European Union is equipped with various legal sources in data protection, guarantees provided to taxpayers in AEOI legal instruments need to be further developed in order to be consistent with those provided by data protection rules in the European Union. This article analyses taxpayers' right to data protection by studying the interrelationships between rules in EU Directives regarding administrative administration and those regarding data protection. Moreover, relevant Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case law is discussed in light of the afore-mentioned rules, highlighting the insufficiencies of prevailing AEOI legislation in ensuring proportionality and taxpayer protection in third countries. Finally, the newly adopted General Data Protection Regulation is assessed.
Taxpayers Rights in Comparative Perspective. The Protection of Tax Related Information of Individual Taxpayers and the Rationale Behind It. A comparison between the legal systems of Germany and the United States
Author: Nadja Büngers
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2017-11-10
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 3668567735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBachelor Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Law - Tax / Fiscal Law, grade: 9 Punkte, Maastricht University (Faculty of Law), language: English, abstract: Taxpayers are obliged to file their annual returns which the state needs to fund its expenses for society. By doing so, sensitive and personal information are disclosed to the respective tax administration. Inevitably, the issue of disclosing relevant information arises as well as the question of how to treat the information without harming the basic rights of an individual taxpayer. This thesis contributes to the issue of disclosing tax related information by focusing on tax confidentiality, its development and status, the current legal framework, and the rationale behind the approaches of tax confidentiality, undertaken by different legal systems. More specific, this thesis incorporates a comparison between the jurisdictions of Germany and the United States, examining their national legislative rules on tax confidentiality. By elaborating upon the similarities, differences, and the rationale of tax confidentiality in both systems, the thesis will uncover the fact, that both, Germany and the U.S. have a high level of confidentiality. There exist, however, interesting differences related to the level of confidentiality, and this thesis will conclude that the German system has a higher level of confidentiality, for instance in relation to the exceptions to tax confidentiality.
Taxpayers' Data Protection
Author: Belisa Ferreira Liotti
Publisher:
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this article, the author analyses whether existing international instruments - OECD, regional regulations - EU, and domestic data protection laws - Brazil, effectively safeguard taxpayers' rights to data protection, particularly in automatic exchange of information procedures.Ongoing developments in terms of internalization and digitalization of the economy have resulted in an ever-developing worldwide shift towards a data-driven socioeconomic model whereby personal data has become one of the most valuable assets. The tax environment has not gone unscathed. As relevant sources and users of data, governments are increasingly exploiting technologies in pursuit of greater revenue collection and tax audits for which many measures have been adopted internationally, regionally, and nationally to strengthen tax cooperation and enhance international tax exchange of information (EoI) among jurisdictions. A remarkable outcome is the new standard of automated processing and transfer of bulks of taxpayers' data that, albeit desired by tax administrations, inherently raises concerns over the risks of violation of data protection rights. In this article, the author analyses whether existing international instruments (OECD), regional regulations (EU), and domestic data protection laws (Brazil) effectively safeguard taxpayers' rights to data protection, particularly in (A)EoI procedures. Building upon the findings of this analysis, the author concludes that an adequate and satisfactory level of protection has not yet been implemented globally and proposes a temporary solution for the issue in the absence of specific instruments dealing with taxpayers' data protection in (A)EoI procedures.
Ethics and Taxation
Author: Robert F. van Brederode
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-11-02
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9811500894
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book does not present a single philosophical approach to taxation and ethics, but instead demonstrates the divergence in opinions and approaches using a framework consisting of three broad categories: tax policy and design of tax law; ethical standards for tax advisors and taxpayers; and tax law enforcement. In turn, the book addresses a number of moral questions in connection with taxes, concerning such topics as: • the nature of government • the relation between government (the state) and its subjects or citizens • the moral justification of taxes• the link between property and taxation• tax planning, evasion and avoidance • corporate social responsibility• the use of coercive power in collecting taxes and enforcing tax laws • ethical standards for tax advisors • tax payer rights • the balance between individual rights to liberty and privacy, and government compliance and information requirements • the moral justification underlying the efforts of legislators and policymakers to restructure society and steer individual and corporate behavior.
Taxpayers in International Law
Author: Juliane Kokott
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-03-24
Total Pages: 645
ISBN-13: 1509954015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis ground-breaking book brings clarity to the dynamically developing field of international tax law. It empowers individuals and corporate taxpayers to navigate their way around and helps tax authorities take taxpayers' rights into account from the beginning. The book is the result of several years of research conducted with the support of the International Law Association. Taxpayers in International Law puts taxpayers' rights on the global international tax agenda as the necessary counterweight and complement to Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). Importantly, it pleads for a global minimum standard of legal protection of the fundamental rights of taxpayers and extracts the content of such rights from relevant constitutional principles of many countries around the world. The book is structured in 3 parts: Part I focusses on the legal sources and on the relations between taxation and international human rights law. Part II identifies general principles and specific taxpayers' rights, groups them into 3 categories (procedural, related to sanctions, and substantive), and analyses the different implications that arise in each of them. Part III features concrete proposals for establishing a global framework for the protection of taxpayers' rights, including guidelines for tax authorities. The book is a unique instrument for the daily work of practitioners and international tax scholars interested in securing the protection of taxpayer's fundamental rights, as well as for those involved in tax collection worldwide. Taxpayers can refer to the book to find out which rulings and concepts can help them enforce their rights; tax authorities and judges can use the book to verify which rights have to be respected.
Data Protection in Direct Tax Matters and Developments from the EU Standpoint
Author: Stefano Maria Ronco
Publisher:
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe goal of this contribution is to address the complex relationship between taxation law and the protection of taxpayers' data, primarily from the perspective of EU data protection law and in connection with mechanisms of exchange of information. This article points out at the outset that the legislation protecting personal data in tax matters at EU level is still rather fragmented, and that the body of jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the European Court of Human Rights has not yet fully developed specific guidance, especially as regards the compatibility of automatic exchange of information with the right to the protection of personal data. In light of this, the research takes as a reference point the case law on the right to the protection of personal data in matters not related to taxation, with a view to assessing whether useful indications and principles could be transposed to the field of taxation. In addition, the analysis offers some insights into (i) the available safeguards in the hands of taxpayers during the processing of their personal data by tax authorities; and (ii) the consequences of the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation for Directive 2011/16/EU on exchange of information in tax matters, and for international agreements based on the FATCA and CRS frameworks.Full-text Paper.
Data Protection in Direct Tax Matters and Developments from the EU Standpoint : the Case of Automatic Exchange of Information
Author: S.M. Ronco
Publisher:
Published: 2020
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe goal of this contribution is to address the complex relationship between taxation law and the protection of taxpayers' data, primarily from the perspective of EU data protection law and in connection with mechanisms of exchange of information. This article points out at the outset that the legislation protecting personal data in tax matters at EU level is still rather fragmented, and that the body of jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the European Court of Human Rights has not yet fully developed specific guidance, especially as regards the compatibility of automatic exchange of information with the right to the protection of personal data. In light of this, the research takes as a reference point the case law on the right to the protection of personal data in matters not related to taxation, with a view to assessing whether useful indications and principles could be transposed to the field of taxation. In addition, the analysis offers some insights into (i) the available safeguards in the hands of taxpayers during the processing of their personal data by tax authorities; and (ii) the consequences of the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation for Directive 2011/16/EU on exchange of information in tax matters, and for international agreements based on the FATCA and CRS frameworks.
