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Double Tax Conventions

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Double Tax Agreements; Double Tax Treaties

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Double tax conventions are international treaties between sovereign states to assign taxing rights between them in order to avoid double taxation. They tend to follow model conventions, the most prominent being the OECD Model Convention. Double tax conventions based on the OECD Model Convention consist of seven chapters. Chapter 1 regulates the scope. Chapter 2 contains the rules of interpretation and the definitions. Chapters 3 and 4 include the rules on the allocation of taxing powers. Chapter 5 provides the two methods for relieving international double taxation. Chapter 6 addresses special provisions and chapter 7 the final provisions. After introducing the concept of international double taxation, this entry defines double tax conventions and argues why countries might wish to sign such a treaty, and why not. The last chapter before the conclusion discusses special issues with double tax conventions, in particular its...

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  1. University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

    Pasquale Pistone

  2. IBFD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Pasquale Pistone

  3. UPO University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

    Martin Zagler

  4. WU Vienna University of Economics, Vienna, Austria

    Pasquale Pistone & Martin Zagler

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Pistone, P., Zagler, M. (2018). Double Tax Conventions. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_749-1

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