Tax Avoidance and Aggressive Tax Planning—Legal or Political Concepts?
摘要
In this chapter I consider the concepts of “tax avoidance” and “aggressive tax planning” (“ATP”) and ask whether they are a single concept or two separate concepts, and whether they are legal or political concepts. I begin by discussing what is the difference between a legal and a political concept, and then ask whether tax avoidance and ATP are a single concept or two separate concepts. I then discuss briefly the meaning of tax avoidance and follow that by a somewhat longer discussion of the meaning of ATP. Finally, I reach some concluding comments about tax avoidance and ATP.