becomes pertinent to venture into the scope of taxability of the total income of the corporation. It is easier to establish the place of incorporation of the entity, but tedious to understand the place where it should be taxed.
For example, a corporation X is registered in a nation DEF. But it carries out its business and earns profit in the nation MNO. If the corporation is taxed in country DEF, the place where it is registered, it manifests as a loss to the country MNO where it carries out business. If it is taxed in the nation MNO, the right to levy tax of the nation where it is incorporated is diminished.Similarly if this entity carries out business and earns profit in several jurisdictions, the question relating to the taxability of the income earned by the entity gets further entwined.
In the taxation of TNC’s, there are three main areas of conflict. These are: (1) the allocation of profits between associated enterprises, leading to the classic case of double taxation; (2) trade between associated enterprises (exchange of goods, services, patents and other know-how property, loans, etc.), raising problems associated with tax evasion and avoidance; and (3) the determination of a permanent establishment of TNCs, as a way of avoiding the misuse of tax havens. The types of income or expenditure which pose particular problems in this respect include business profits, interest on loans, administrative expenses, management fees, royalties and other know-how payments. In the international sphere, the role of taxation receives similar recognition. Economic relations between nations continue to be viewed in terms of economic interdependence,
in which the international movement of goods and services and the international
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