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OECD - Base Erosion & Profit Shifting

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Chapter 4

OECD and G20 BEPS Action Plan: Changes to the International Tax System

• The (BEPS) Project, an ambitious plan undertaken jointly by the OECD and G20 to overhaul the global international tax system, culminated with a huge report of recommendations that, if adopted, could have a significant impact on cross-border trade.

Neutralize the Effects of Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements

Develop model treaty provisions and recommendations regarding the design of domestic rules to neutralise the effect (e.g. double non-taxation , double deduction, long-term deferral) of hybrid instruments and entities.

This may include:

1. changes to the OECD Model Tax Convention to ensure that hybrid instruments and entities (as well as dual resident entities) are not used to obtain the benefits of treaties unduly;
2. domestic law provisions that prevent exemption or non-recognition for payments that are deductible by the payor;
3. domestic law provisions that deny a deduction for a payment that is not includible in income by the recipient (and is not subject to taxation under controlled foreign company (CFC) or similar rules);
4. domestic law provisions that deny a deduction for a payment that is also deductible in another jurisdiction; and
5. where necessary, guidance on co-ordination or tie-breaker rules if more than one country seeks to apply such rules to a transaction or structure.

Special attention should be given to the interaction between possible changes to domestic law and the provisions of the OECD Model Tax Convention.

This work will be co-ordinated with the work on interest expense deduction limitations, the work on CFC rules, and the work on treaty shopping

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