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040 _aES-MaIEF
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100 1 _969275
_aMartins, António
245 0 _aAccounting and tax issues in applying tax benefits to corporate investments
_c António Martins, Cristina Sá, Daniel Taborda
260 _c2021
500 _aDisponible también en formato electrónico.
500 _aResumen.
520 _aIn 2011 and 2012 Portugal, under an external bailout and facing a drastic fall in corporate investment, enacted an investment tax credit aimed at fostering capital formation. This credit had a general principle: It should be applied to tangible assets, intangible assets, and productive biological assets related to the operating activity of corporations. A shopping center company, exploring commercial spaces and recognizing them as investment properties, sought an expansive interpretation of the law that would sustain application of the credit to investments made in 2013, because shopping centers were assets related to its operating activity. The tax authorities, based on a literal interpretation, replied that under an accounting definition of eligible assets investment properties were not included in the legal text, and denied the credit. The authors focus here—given the economic, accounting, and legal issues presented by this case—on which is the more appropriate interpretation? They maintain that Article 10 of the Portuguese tax benefit law, allowing expansive interpretation, makes the tax authorities’ position highly questionable. On a policy implication level, they highlight complexities arising from the fact that economic life is richer than accounting formulations, especially in a sensitive area like tax benefits for investment, a crucial component of economic growth.
650 _aIMPUESTOS
_947460
650 4 _aINCENTIVOS FISCALES
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650 4 _aGASTOS FISCALES
_950212
650 4 _aINVERSIONES EMPRESARIALES
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650 4 _aPORTUGAL
_948081
700 1 _969276
_aSá, Cristina
700 1 _968696
_aTaborda, Daniel
773 0 _9165553
_oOP 235/2021/38/4
_tJournal of Taxation of Investments
_w(IEF)51921
_x 0747-9115
_gv. 38, n. 4, Summer 2021, p. 43-62
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