
Business Taxation
Program: Bachelor of Business and Administration (Specialisations: Business, Finance, Governance)
ECTS: 5
Lecturer: Rafał Lipniewicz
Email: rafal.lipniewicz@uwr.edu.pl
Type: Compulsory
Level:
Lecture
Number of hours: 2h X 8 weeks = 16 hours (1 semester)
Classes
Number of hours: 2h X 7 weeks = 14 hours (1 semester)
Biography of the Professor
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economic Sciences. He conducts scientific research on theoretical and practical aspects of the impact of legal regulations on the operation of enterprises in business transaction, especially international taxation of enterprises, the issues of tax jurisdiction, economic aspects of VAT taxation and the impact of the digital economy on business models of enterprises and the shape of tax legislation. Privately, he is interested in issues related to geopolitics, he reads non-fiction books and historical novels and plays basketball.
Requirements for passing a course
The exam will be oral. Students will need to answer two questions selected from the list below. To pass the exam, it is required to cover 50% of the course material provided to each of the questions. For B – 70 %, for A – 90 %.
Exam questions
1. Main features of tax law
2. The concept of revenue
3. Corporate tax residence
4. Controlled foreign companies rules
5. Taxable persons under EU VAT rules
6. VAT invoicing rules
7. Chargeable event and chargeability under EU VAT rules
8. Place of supply under EU VAT rules
9. Intra-community transactions
10. VAT Information Exchange System
11. The Taxation of Corporate Groups
12. The Arm’s Length Principle
13. Transfer Pricing Methods
14. Thin Capitalization Rules
15. State aid and tax law
16. Basic-rule permanent establishment
17. Agency permanent establishment
18. Permanent establishment and digital economy
19. Business profits
20. Dividends, royalties and interests.
Sources
Books:
M. Lang, P. Pistone, J. Schuch, Introduction to European Tax Law on Direct Taxation, Linde 2013.
K. Holmes, International Tax Policy and Double Tax Treaties, Amsterdam 2007.
M. Lang, Introduction to the Law of Double Taxation Conventions, Linde 2013.
Documents:
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/eu-vat-rules-topic_en
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/taxation/oecd-transfer-pricing-guidelines-for-multinational-enterprises-and-tax-administrations-2017_tpg-2017-en#.Wk8xtDciHIU#page1