Abstract
The increasing ability to deliver personal services electronically raises significant cross-border tax issues. In particular, given that the service provider need not be physically present in the would-be source country, significant questions arise as to the continued viability of tax treaty rules that focus on the service provider’s physical location. In response to these developments, proposed changes to the United Nations Model tax treaty have been approved that would allow source country taxation of technical services, even in the absence of the service provider’s physical presence. This article raises concerns about the broad scope of the proposed changes and recommends that any changes be narrowly tailored to focus on concerns about profit shifting within multinational groups.
Recommended Citation
Michael S. Kirsch,
Tax Treaties and the Taxation of Services in the Absence of Physical Presence,
41 Brook. J. Int'l L.
(2016).
Available at:
https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjil/vol41/iss3/7