防范资本弱化避税的法律规则探析

利用资本弱化手段逃避企业所得税已经成为企业避税的一种重要形式,针对这一现象许多国家特别是发达国家都制定了资本弱化规则,以阻止本国或跨国企业融资中债务资本的滥用,防范资本弱化对本国税收利益的侵蚀。发达国家普遍采用的防范资本弱化的方法主要有固定比例法和公平交易法两种。结合国外实施资本弱化税制国家的立法和司法实践,根据我国立法现状,笔者认为,我国应当建立以安全港规则为主,公平交易规则为辅的防范资本弱化避税的规则模式。这种规则模式,既能体现社会正义、维护国家利益,又能体现社会公平、保护企业的合法权益。

A Probe into Legal Regulations on Preventing Tax Evasion via Thin Capitalization

Thin capitalization has become a major type of income tax evasion for enterprises, so many countries, particularly advanced countries have formulated regulations on thin capitalization to prevent the abuse of debt capital in financing by domestic and multinational enterprises, and to protect against the encroachment by thin capitalization on domestic taxation interests. Advanced countries generally adopted rules of fixed rate and fair transaction to prevent thin capitalization. Taking reference to foreign l...