Methodological Issues in the Use and Application of International Tax Treaties (Part 1)

In this article the author intends to develop and justify the uniform approach to utilisation and application of the provisions of the conventions on avoidance of double taxation which specify the regime of taxation of particular types of income and capital (property). Stemming from the factors giving rise to double (multiple) taxation, the author examines the mechanisms of elimination of double taxation contained therein and the legal technicalities employed to lay down such mechanisms in the tax treaties. Furthermore, the author elaborates on his vision regarding the possible commonly shared algorithm that could eliminate or minimise the errors in utilisation and application of the distributive rules of the double taxation treaties taking into account peculiarities of terminology and wording of the treaties as well as the systematic approach of treaty drafters to the formulation of distributive rules (rules establishing the specifics of the tax treatment of certain types of income and capital) contained therein.