As a result of the OECD/G20 project on base erosion profit shifting as well as the adoption of the EU anti-tax avoidance directive, many countries have recently introduced or strengthened general anti-avoidance rules (GAARs) in their tax treaties and domestic tax legislations. Arguably, such...

The author discusses whether the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) may be expected to promote tax fairness and thereby contribute to increased sustainability of the international tax regime. A legal (juridical) approach to tax fairness is followed, which entails that the provisions of the...

The author explores whether legal pragmatism may function as a useful and adequate explanatory model for the case law on tax avoidance unfolding in the Danish Supreme Court. In doing so, the underlying ideas of philosophical and legal pragmatism are initially re-visited while the general...

Based on a traditional legal dogmatic method, valid law is deduced with respect to general anti-abuse rules (GAARs) in Danish tax law. Accordingly, first it is discussed whether a court-developed general anti-avoidance doctrine can be considered to exist. Subsequently, the provision containing...