TAX LAW AND FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL FISCAL PLANNING
cod. 1003985

Academic year 2013/14
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Adriano BENAZZI
Academic discipline
Diritto tributario (IUS/12)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
56 hours
of face-to-face activities
8 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course aims to provide a general overview of the main taxes covered by our tax system (income tax, VAT, IRAP), with particular regard to the discipline of corporate taxation with reference to domestic law and the analysis of international profiles and involving the community.
The goal is to provide the basis for international tax planning with an emphasis on practical application of international tax law to income flows, the relationships between structures, and the dynamics tax group.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Program
- The sources of the domestic tax law;
- The concept of tax and its partitions;
- The constitutional principles and the Statute of the taxpayer;
- Condition, taxable subjects and IRPEF tax base;
- The individual categories of income;
- Corporate income tax (/IRES): requirements, taxable subjects, determination of the tax base;
- General principles for the determination of business income;
- Positive and negative components of income: convergences and divergences between civil and tax assessments;
- The impact of IAS on the rules for determining the taxable business income;
- The tax transparency;
- The national consolidation: general aspects and scope of consolidation. Notes to the consolidated worldwide;
- Extraordinary transactions (mergers, divisions, transfers) and elusive issues;
- The cross-border restructuring transactions;
- A subjective, objective and territorial in VAT;
- The relationship between internal standard and the recast Directive in VAT;
- IRAP general lines;
- The sources of international law and Community;
- The OECD model convention for the elimination of double taxation;
- The residence of individuals and societies;
- The taxation of non-residents;
- The concept of a permanent establishment (income and VAT);
- The regulation of transfer pricing;
- Dividends, royalties and capital gains;
- Income from employment and self-employment;
- The concept of tax avoidance in domestic and international law;
- International tax avoidance and tax havens.
- The companies: holdings, trading, and financial;
- The CFC;
- The trust: overview.

Full programme

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Bibliography

- FALSITTA, MANUNALE DI DIRITTO TRIBUTARIO, PARTE SPECIALE, CEDAM., ULT. ED., Capp. II (sez. da I a VII); III (sez. da I a III), IV, VI;

- TOSI - BAGGIO, LINEAMENTI DI DIRITTO TRIBUTARIO INTERNAZIONALE, CEDAM, Capp. I, II, III, V;

- MAISTO, MODELLO DI CONVENZIONE FISCALE SUI REDDITI E SUL PATRIMONIO, GIUFFRE'

The study of the rules must be done with the use, as an alternative, of one of the following gathered regulations:
- BEGHIN – SCHIAVOLIN, Codice Tributario, GIUFFRE’, Milano, ult. ed;
- TUNDO, Codice Tributario, LA TRIBUNA, Piacenza, ult. ed.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons, , theoretical and practical, tutorials and seminars.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination. Applications are evaluated as a whole, ensuring the knowledge, the ability to apply the knowledge, the ability to communicate with technical language appropriate, their independence of judgment and the ability to learn. Even the eventual oral supplementation will be evaluated on the basis of the aforementioned criteria. For each of the five criteria are awarded up to a maximum of 10 points, the sum of which gives the final grade.

Other information

In the web site of the teacher are available other materials for close examinations.

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.economia@unipr.it
T. +39 0521 902377

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Mrs Maria Giovanna Levati
T. +39 0521 032474
Office E. didattica.sea@unipr.it
Manager E. mariagiovanna.levati@unipr.it  

President of the degree course

Prof. Veronica Tibiletti
E. veronica.tibiletti@unipr.it

Faculty advisor

Prof. Silvia Bellini
E. silvia.bellini@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate

Prof. Chiara Panari
E. chiara.panari@unipr.it

Tutor Professor

Prof. Luca Fornaciari
E. luca.fornaciari@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

Prof. Maria Cecilia Mnacini
E. mariacecilia.mancini@unipr.it 
Prof. Donata Tania Vergura
E. donatatania.vergura@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

Prof. Luca Fornaciari
E. luca.fornaciari@unipr.it

Internships

E. tirocini@unipr.it