Information Sharing and International Taxation

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2004-117

39 Pages Posted: 3 Jan 2005

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Michael Keen

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); University of Tokyo

Jenny E. Ligthart

Tilburg University - CentER, Department of Economics; University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Date Written: November 2004

Abstract

The sharing between national tax authorities of taxpayer-specific information has emerged over the last few years as a - probably 'the' - central issue in the formation of international tax policy. Yet this refocusing of the debate on international taxation - away from parametric tax coordination and towards strengthening information exchange - has gone largely unnoticed in the public finance literature. This paper gives an overview of this increasingly important area of international taxation, reviewing the key economic, legal and practical concepts and issues bearing on the analysis and implementation of information exchange, and providing an account of recent policy initiatives and emerging theoretical insights.

Keywords: International tax evasion, tax competition, tax information exchange, tax treaties, money laundering, savings tax directive

JEL Classification: H77, H87, F42

Suggested Citation

Keen, Michael and Ligthart, Jenny E., Information Sharing and International Taxation (November 2004). CentER Discussion Paper No. 2004-117, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=639021 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.639021

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