Review of European and Comparative Law, 2022, Vol. 50, No 3

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    Tax withholding by the remitter based on the example of the lump-sum corporate income tax (WHT) – selected issues
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2022) Kucia-Guściora, Beata; Piszel, Rafał
    This article deals with the role and responsibility of the remitter in corporate income tax with respect to the socalled “withholding tax” (WHT) levied on income earned by non-residents. The authors focused their considerations on establishing the relationship between the statutorily defined standard obligations of the remitter and the implemented activities of this entity in relation to WHT. The subject is important due to international aspects of taxation of cross-border income not only on the basis of Polish corporate income tax regulations, but also with double taxation treaties and exemptions in withholding tax implemented from EU directives in mind. The answer to the research questions posed included tax, fiscal and penal, as well as international and EU aspects. The research thesis is that the obligation to collect tax under the WHT constitutes for the remitter “sui generis” right to perform this collection, and does not have the character of an absolute obligation constituting its subjectivity as a remitter. The analysis of the legislation, case law and literature, through the application of the legal-dogmatic method, has shown that the failure of the tax remitter to collect the tax is not a barrier to the filing a tax refund or overpayment claim by the tax remitter, and in fact constitutes an active legitimacy. The findings of the article are of practical significance for non-residents from the EU and third countries (from outside the EU) obtaining so-called passive income in Poland.
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    The taxation of ‘intangible’ innovation: the Patent Box in Europe and the Italian case
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2022) Caramia, Lucrezia Valentina
    “Patent Box” is a term for the application of a lower corporate tax rate to the income derived from the ownership of patents. This tax subsidy instrument has been introduced in several countries since 2000. This paper, through a comparative analysis, compares the Patent Box adopted in three different European jurisdictions, which are distinguished by the particular attractiveness of their tax systems, and then focuses on the peculiar case of the Italian Patent Box. Art. 6, D.L. of 21 October 2021, n. 146, in fact, introduces the new discipline of the Patent Box, a preferential taxation mechanism of income from the direct and indirect use of certain intangible assets which, only two months later, has already undergone further and important changes by art. 1, comma 10, of L. 30 December 2021, n. 234: this disruption requires considering the causes of the legislative intervention and, therefore, the structure of a tax promotion mechanism that has already received relevant consideration in the OECD.
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    Personal Income Tax Law Changes and the Impact on Family Budget in Albania
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2022) Sejdini, Imelda
    Personal income tax is a tax on wages or salaries and other income a person earns during a calendar year. It is calculated on the income of all resident individuals and each government imposes personal income tax on earnings according to its fiscal package. The taxable incomes has been on focus of the latest fiscal package of Albanian Government approved by the end of December 2019 and starting from January 2020, changes effect a larger category of people. This paper is focused in analyzing the changes of personal income tax law and evaluating the impact on family budget. Considering the effects in the standard of living, this evaluation will show the need for other regulations. Interesting implications will be explored for policy makers and working persons in Albania.
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    The Alignment of Taxation and Sustainability : might the Digital Controls of Non-Financial Information Become a Universal Panacea?
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2022) Grau Ruiz, Maria Amparo
    There are certain trends that are already affecting –or will soon inevitably affect, the evolution of the tax law everywhere.These are the digitalization processes started by many tax administrations and the current challenges experienced by accounting and auditing institutions to provide reliable non-financial information. Both may offer new opportunities for fairer taxation in the search for sustainable development. In the middle of digital and green transformations, would it be possible to better adjust the tax treatment deserved by the taxpayers in accordance with their real impacts on sustainability? Regional and global organizations are devoting efforts to ensuring some degree of homogeneity in the measures to adopt. The purpose of the following pages is to open the discussions for in-depth research in the future. The dogmatic-legal and analytical methods have been used to supplement the comparative one in carrying out the review of the current state of the art and proposed changes.
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    Real Estate Acquisition Tax versus Real Estate Transfer Tax in the Czech Republic. Past or Future?
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2022) Hrubá Smržová, Petra
    The real estate acquisition tax as a property transfer tax was part of the system of taxation of the Czech Republic until 25 September 2020.1 It was a traditional historical tax forming a complementary element of the system of taxation. Since 1993, it was part of the system of taxation as a real estate transfer tax. As of 1 January 2014, due to the recodification of private law, extensive tax reform came into effect, the scope of which was unprecedented since the 1990s. As a result, a new tax was introduced by the Statutory Measure of the Senate No. 340/2013 Coll., namely the real estate acquisition tax, which replaced the former real estate transfer tax. The new tax regulation preserved the taxation of real estate transfers upon payment in the form of the acquisition of immovable property, reflecting the changes brought about by the recodification of private law and by the new Business Corporations Act. It redefined the taxpayer entity, reduced the administrative complexity of tax administration, including cases of mandatory submission of expert reports for the purpose of determining the tax base, and updated the cases of exemption from the real estate acquisition tax.