International financial flows and government intervention make a significant – direct and indirect impact on global businesses.
Liberalization of international flows of capital created new opportunities for local and global businesses, but at the same time having an impact on the effectiveness of economic policy in promoting sustained economic growth.
Liberalization of capital flows and globalization of business operations also created new practices aimed to provide companies with tax savings – both in the legitimate form (tax planning) and illegitimate form (tax dogging/tax evasion).
In that respect, design of this course is driven by several main objectives.
Tax evasion, tax avoidance and international tax planning: conceptual issues;
Tax dogging: global initiatives aimed to redefine the space for aggressive tax planning