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The Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS—Some Thoughts on Complexity and Uncertainty

By: David Kleist  
Open Access
|Apr 2018

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Language: English
Page range: 31 - 48
Submitted on: Oct 25, 2017
Accepted on: Jan 29, 2018
Published on: Apr 19, 2018
Published by: DJØF Publishing, Nordic Tax Research Council
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2018 David Kleist, published by DJØF Publishing, Nordic Tax Research Council
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