SemesterFall Semester, 2025
DepartmentJunior Class A, Department of Public Finance Junior Class B, Department of Public Finance Senior Class A, Department of Public Finance Senior Class B, Department of Public Finance
Course NameInternational Tax Law
InstructorCHUNG CHI
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

If it becomes necessary to move some sessions to another date, it will be announced beforehand and made convenient for most students.



學期中如不得已需要調整部分課程時間,將提前宣布,並選擇多數同學便利的時間。



 















































































































































週次



課程主題



課程內容與指定閱讀



教學活動與作業



學習投入時數(課堂講授)



學習投入時數(課程前後)



1



Introduction



Diane M. Ring & Shu-Yi Oei, The Conflictual Core of Global Tax Cooperation



https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4879608



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



2



Residence rules



David Elkins, A Scalar Conception of Tax Residence for Individuals, 41 Virginia Tax Review 149 (2020).



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



3



Source rules



Yariv Brauner, You Play, You Pay! Mobility, Territory, and Exclusive Source Taxation in the 21st Century



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



4



Income tax treaties



Brian J. Arnold, An introduction to tax treaties, https://financing.desa.un.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/TT_Introduction_Eng.pdf



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



5



Threshold for taxing a foreigner’s business income



Allison Christians & Tarcísio Diniz Magalhães, 17 Ways to Regulate Big Tech with Tax, The Tax Lawyer, Volume 78, No. 1 Pp. 1-69



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



6



holiday



holiday


 

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0



7



Tax treaties: Treaty shopping and the “limitation on benefits” clause



Frank Murphy & Mary E. Vernon, The Rich Get Richer: An Examination of Tax Haven Concentration and the New “Top 7”



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



8



Midterm exam


   

 



 



9



Investigations and the Exchange of information



Joel Slemrod, Tax Privacy, Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 39, Number 1—Winter 2025—Pages 205–224



Lecture and class discussion


3 3

10



Tax treaties: Exchange of information



Leandra Lederman, The Untold Tale of a Tax Rulings Haven



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



11



Transfer pricing: history and methods



Coca-Cola v. Commissioner



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



12



Transfer pricing: documentation and dispute resolution



Scheuerer & Bjørkheim, From Profits to Paperwork: Multinationals and the Cost of Transfer Pricing Regulation



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



13



Thin capitalization rules



Serena Fatica, Thomas Hemmelgarn, and Gaetan Nicodeme, The Debt-Equity Tax Bias: Consequences and Solutions



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



14



Controlled foreign corporations (CFC) and related rules



Whirlpool v. Commissioner (2021)



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



15



Transnational legal process



Koh, Transnational Legal Process, 75 Neb. L. Rev. 181 (1996)



Lecture and class discussion



3



3



16



Final Exam


   

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Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

期中考(Mid-term exam) 35%



期末考(Final exam) 45%



課堂參與(Class attendance and participation) 20%



Students should actively participate in class discussion. 



期中考與期末考的題型為選擇題與簡答題,有參與課堂討論的同學能輕鬆回答。



Both mid-term exam and final exam consist primarily of multiple-choice questions and short essay questions. They are closed-book exams but not difficult for students who participate in class sessions.



Exam answers have to be written in English.


Textbook & Reference

Materials assigned by the instructor.



 



 



 


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