Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation

Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG

3:00 pm

Mr. Philip Kermode:

Yes. Interestingly, in Article 25 of the OECD model tax convention, there is a process recommended for arbitration. Mr. Lynch also referred to mutual agreement procedures. In practice, however, there is little take-up in the Union of formal arbitration procedures, particularly those involving third parties. The Deputy can understand that some jurisdictions are reluctant to allow third parties to decide on the allocation of revenue in such situations. There must be some solution to this problem.