Jonckheere, Miguel de
Open versus closed competence to tax a comparative legal study of municipal taxes in Belgium and the Netherlands .-- , 2019
Resumen.
This article describes and compares the possibilities under Belgian and Dutch law for taxation by local authorities. The most striking difference is that Belgian local authorities may decide on their own as to which taxes they wish to impose, save for interdictions imposed by law, whilst local authorities in the Netherlands can levy only those taxes allowed by national law. This study is to enquire if the differences in tax competence are as substantial as one might expect at first glance. More specifically, the authors compare the existence, meaning and scope of some general principles and principles of tax law which are considered to limit the municipal tax competence. The conclusion is that the scope of some principles and even their very existence seem to be affected to a considerable degree by the extent of the municipal tax autonomy. The Belgian open tax system has been widely constrained by general principles of tax law, that are absent or have less far reaching consequences in the closed tax system existing in the Netherlands.
TRIBUTOS LOCALES
AUTONOMIA TRIBUTARIA
POTESTAD LEGISLATIVA
DESCENTRALIZACION FISCAL
BÉLGICA
PAISES BAJOS
Schep, Arjen
Monsma, Anneke
Intertax 0165-2826 v. 47, n. 5, May 2019, p. 468-489
Open versus closed competence to tax a comparative legal study of municipal taxes in Belgium and the Netherlands .-- , 2019
Resumen.
This article describes and compares the possibilities under Belgian and Dutch law for taxation by local authorities. The most striking difference is that Belgian local authorities may decide on their own as to which taxes they wish to impose, save for interdictions imposed by law, whilst local authorities in the Netherlands can levy only those taxes allowed by national law. This study is to enquire if the differences in tax competence are as substantial as one might expect at first glance. More specifically, the authors compare the existence, meaning and scope of some general principles and principles of tax law which are considered to limit the municipal tax competence. The conclusion is that the scope of some principles and even their very existence seem to be affected to a considerable degree by the extent of the municipal tax autonomy. The Belgian open tax system has been widely constrained by general principles of tax law, that are absent or have less far reaching consequences in the closed tax system existing in the Netherlands.
TRIBUTOS LOCALES
AUTONOMIA TRIBUTARIA
POTESTAD LEGISLATIVA
DESCENTRALIZACION FISCAL
BÉLGICA
PAISES BAJOS
Schep, Arjen
Monsma, Anneke
Intertax 0165-2826 v. 47, n. 5, May 2019, p. 468-489