Safe harbours for intra-group loans in Eurozone: experience from selected countries Online publication date: Mon, 16-Oct-2017
by Veronika Solilová; Danuše Nerudová
International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance (IJMEF), Vol. 10, No. 3/4, 2017
Abstract: Generally, the application of the arm's length principle is a resource-intensive process, because it may impose a heavy administrative burden on taxpayers and tax administrations. With regard to financing activities, intra-group financing has become a very popular tax planning instrument, which has been subjected to scrutiny by both tax authorities and the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project. Therefore, when assessing the arm's length interest rate for financing arrangements, it is necessary to analyse the various factors and also to comply with thin capitalisation rules if they are implemented. However, a few countries introduced safe harbours that ensure the elimination of other factors of comparability if an interest rate falls within such set range so that the greater simplicity and the reduction of compliance burden will be received. The proposal of safe harbours for intra-group loans in Eurozone was performed based on the experiences in Switzerland, the USA and Australia.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance (IJMEF):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook