Legal Forms of Implementation of Foreign Tax Policy in the Context of European Integration of Ukraine

  • Viktoriia V. CHAIKA Department of Financial Law, National University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Irpen, Ukraine
  • Liubov M. KASIANENKO Department of Financial Law, National University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Irpen, Ukraine
  • Tamara A. LATKOVSKA Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law, Chernivtsi Law Institute of the National University ‘Odessa Law Academy’, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
  • Nadiia Yu. PRYSHVA Department of Financial Law, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Vasyl V. TOPCHII Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, National University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Irpen, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14505//jarle.v10.1(39).10

Abstract

The article defines the basic legal forms of implementation of the foreign tax policy of Ukraine. Particular attention is paid to characterizing the features of the EU tax policy. The assessment of the current state of approximation of the Ukrainian tax legislation to the EU standards is based on the legal analysis of the provisions of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU and other regulations. The issue of approximation of the Ukrainian tax legislation to the acquis communitaire in the field of energy taxation has been updated. The legal forms of tax cooperation between Ukraine and the OECD are analyzed. The following areas of Ukraine's foreign tax policy are emphasized: joining the BEPS Action Plan and the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. The legal description of certain provisions of bilateral agreements of Ukraine with the EU Member States and OECD in the area of avoiding double taxation of income and property is provided. On this basis, the conclusion is made about the decisive role of the contractual legal form in the process of implementing the foreign tax policy of Ukraine.

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2019-03-31
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CHAIKA, Viktoriia V. et al. Legal Forms of Implementation of Foreign Tax Policy in the Context of European Integration of Ukraine. Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 1, p. 85-103, mar. 2019. ISSN 2068-696X. Available at: <https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jarle/article/view/4327>. Date accessed: 25 apr. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.14505//jarle.v10.1(39).10.
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