IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) COMPARATIVE TAXATION Code 16675203
Study programme
International Markets (2016)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional First 2Q
Language
Anglès
Department Economics
Coordinator
ALONSO RODRIGO, EVA
E-mail eva.alonso@urv.cat
Lecturers
ALONSO RODRIGO, EVA
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General description and relevant information Comparative Taxation focuses on the tax treatment of the commercial operations in the international market.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A6 Evaluate the impact of the international institutional framework, especially the one of the European Union, and the derived policies and which affect the area in which the company or public institution carries out its activity.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A6 Know how to locate and interpret the normative sources, principles and institutions of the Spanish, European and international tax order.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I. International taxation and tax systems
1. International taxation: basic concepts
2. Tax System: general structure
3. Corporation Tax
4. Value Added Tax
5. Income Tax for Non - residents
6. EU Tax Law
II. Conventions to avoid Double Taxation 1. Concept, scope and contents
2. OECD model Tax Convention on income and capital to avoid double taxation


III. Taxation and operations in the international market 1. Introduction
2. Transfer pricing
3. International tax planning
4. Non-cooperative jurisdictions
5. BEPS and other instruments to avoid tax planning

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 1 2
Lecture
A6
12 10 22
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A6
5 14 19
Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom
A6
5 14 19
Personal attention
A6
1 0 1
 
Mixed tests
A6
2 10 12
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Subject and materials presentation
Lecture Master sessions
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom Analysis, discussion and solution for a practical problem or situation in the field of comparative taxation.
Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom Case studies: Students must look for the options and select and justify the best one in a proposed case study in the area of comparative taxation.
Personal attention Personal attention for doubts on comparative taxation

Personalized attention
Description
Students personalized attention in relationship with comparative taxation, attended by mail and personally in the lecturer's attention timetable.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A6
Problems solving, classroom and home exercises 20%
Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom
A6
Case studies 40%
Mixed tests
A6
Final exam: theoretical and practical questions. 40%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

In the second call, students will get 100% of the score in a final exam. However, punctuation achieved by those students who have passed all the proposed activities will be considered for second call final qualification. For these students, the final exam in the second call will have a 50% weight.


Sources of information

Basic International Tax Research And Analysis Foundation Itraf, Insights into Evolving Issues on Taxation - Existing and Continuing Challenges, Wolters Kluwer, 2019
Serrano, Fernando (dir.), Fiscalidad internacional, Centro de Estudios Financieros, 2019
OECD, Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations, OECD, 2022

Complementary OECD, OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Progress Report September 2021-September 2022, 2022, OECD
OECD, International VAT/GST Guidelines, 2017, OECD

Recommendations


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.