Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation (ICAAT 2016)
Session: Taxation
9 articles
Proceedings Article
Update on Tax Control Practice in Latvia in the Scope of VAT Directive 2006/112/EC
Inta Brūna, Jūlija Pouha
Topicality of the problem under discussion is related to a complicated situation arising between a taxpayer and State Revenue Service (SRS) of Latvia in connection with application of law, when settling disputes arising in the process of tax administration. There are topical problems of tax audit in...
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Thin Capitalization: Financial Innovation Versus Tax Rules
Ivan Darushin, Natalia S. Voronova
The needs of companies in capital cheapening lead to the emergence of new financing patterns. One of such patterns based on the substitution of equity capital by the debt capital is hidden or thin capitalization. When used within a framework of a group of companies the cheapening of financing takes place...
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Mimetics from France to Cameroon: A New Approach to State Control through Taxation and Statistics
Jean-Guy Degos, Guy Djongoué
In all countries of the world, small business units form the core of the local economy, and key players in generating value added. In this paper, part of our work is devoted to a theory of State control over private entities and on the behavior of Cameroonian businessmen to constraints imposed by OHADA...
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The Special Tax Regime as a Factor of Business Activity in Modern Russia
Svetlana Gorbushina, Tatiana Dyukina
The research is based on the hypothesis that different special tax regimes have non-identical impact on the level of entrepreneurial activity. Special tax regimes, combined with the actual conditions of individual entrepreneurs, as well as a variety of contributing factors can form a special business...
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Tax Potential of a State: Development Factors
Viktor V. Ivanov, Natalia V. Pokrovskaia, Nadezhda A. Lvova
The article focuses on the nature and factors that define tax potential of a state. Tax potential is unlocked during the process of forming tax liabilities according to an existing procedure and rules of tax assessment. The article also shows relation among the actual, latent and prospective tax base...
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Taxation of Private Foundations and Game Theory
Urmas Kaarlep
On a global level, the high net worth population is expanding, and the wealth of high net worth individuals (HNWI) is increasing rapidly. For various reasons, high net worth families and individuals are searching for vehicles to assist them in safeguarding and conveniently managing their wealth. Private...
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Unconventional Tax Mechanisms in a Secular State: Prospects of Adaptation in Russia
Nadezhda A. Lvova, Natalia V. Pokrovskaia, Viktor V. Ivanov
This article focuses on the prospects of adapting unconventional tax mechanisms to tax management of a secular multicultural nation. The purpose of the study was to evaluate tolerance factors to socially oriented taxation as viewed by those not well aware about religious taxation policy. Research methods...
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Tax Transparency - an Analysis of the Luxleaks Firms
Johannes Manthey, Dirk Kiesewetter
This paper finds that the firms involved in the Luxembourg Leaks ('LuxLeaks') scandal are less transparent measured by the engagement in earnings management, analyst coverage, analyst accuracy, accounting standards and auditor choice. The analysis is based on the LuxLeaks sample and compared to a control...
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Taxation System in Poland: Ways of Reducing the Tax Gap
Małgorzata Mierzejewska
The article focuses on presenting instruments of taxation system in Poland and its main problem - tax gap. The current tax system in Poland is presented, by definition, on four planes: set of taxes, tax administration, tax law and the principles according to which it should operate. The study discusses...