Transnational Tax Law: Problems and Perspectives
Author(s)
Stefano Dorigo
Language
English
Pages
14
2018/ Vol. 30, No. 1, (107)
Type
Digital edition
5.00 €

Transnational Tax Law: Problems and Perspectives

Stefano Dorigo

University of Florence (Italy)

Tax law is, at present, at the crossroad of two opposite concepts: sovereignty and globalisation. Although the former defends the power of each State to shape its tax systems, the latter is going to prevail, particularly as a consequence of the global economic crisis. Therefore, a new perception of tax norms, related to transnational phenomena, is going to appear, with regard both to the substantial rules and the procedural ones. This new environment does not confine itself to the influence that supranational rules can exercise over the national legislators. Transnational norms and practices often produce directly their effects within the national borders, therefore raising several doubts with regard to the respect of the democratic principle and the taxpayers’ rights.

Le droit fiscal est, actuellement, à la croisée de deux concepts opposés: la souveraineté et la mondialisation. Alors que la première défend le pouvoir de chaque Etat d’élaborer son système fiscal, la seconde est en train de s’imposer, en conséquence notamment de la crise économique mondiale. Une conception nouvelle des normes fiscales, liée à des phénomènes transnationaux, est donc en train d’apparaître, concernant les règles tant substantielles que procédurales. Ce nouvel environnement ne se borne pas à l’influence que des règles supranationales peuvent exercer sur les législateurs nationaux. Les normes et pratiques transnationales produisent souvent directement leurs effets à l’intérieur des frontières nationales, ce qui soulève alors des doutes concernant le respect du principe démocratique et des droits des contribuables.

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