The Multilateral Instrument from a Legal Perspective: What May Be the Challenges?
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In this article, the author provides a brief legal evaluation of the Multilateral Instrument to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) and considers the general legal and tax technical issues that may arise with regard to the language of its provisions.
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French and German tax administrations use AI systems for automated risk assessment (such as scoring returns for audit) that are concealed from taxpayers by tax secrecy.
“AI systems used by the French 85 and German 86 tax administrations for automation-based risk assessment purposes (e.g., risk-scoring tax returns for audits) are hidden from the taxpayer behind a veil of tax secrecy.”
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- Authors
- Hattingh, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Hattingh, J.
- Venue
- Bulletin for International Taxation
- Publisher
- IBFD
- Published
- 2017-02-06
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 3/4
- ISSN
- 1819-5490 (ISSN-L)
- 2352-9202
- OpenAlex
- W3162355391
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 6
- FWCI
- 24.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bulletin for international taxation (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Taxation and Legal Issues
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Legal and Constitutional Studies
- Keywords
- Multilateral Instrument, base erosion and profit shifting, international tax law, treaty language, tax treaty implementation
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