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This guide is meant to be an aid for locating international taxation materials, including books, looseleafs, periodicals, treaties and foreign laws. This is not an exhaustive list, so if you don't find what you are looking for, consult section VIII of this guide for further assistance.
 


Books & Looseleafs

H. Alpert & Kees van Raad, Essays on International Taxation (Deventer; Boston: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1993). (K4460.6.E77x 1993).

J. Bischel & R. Feinschreiber, Fundamentals of International Taxation (2d Ed., New York: Practising Law Institute, 1985). (KF6419.B57 1985).

B. Bittker & L. Lokken, Fundamentals of International TaxationU.S. Taxation of Foreign Income and Foreign Taxpayers (Boston:  Warren, Gorham & Lamont,  c1991).  (KF6441 .B58x 1991.)

R. Doernberg, International Taxation in a Nutshell  (6th ed., St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 2004). RESERVE KF6419.Z9 D64 2004).

J. Fuller & W. Bricker, Current Developments in International Taxation (New York: Practising Law Institute, 1993). (KF6297.A45T39x no.J-338).

M. Glautier & F. Bassinger, A Reference Guide to International Taxation: Profiting from your International Operations (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1987). (HJ4635.G58 1987).

M. Grundy, Offshore Business Centres, A World Survey (7th ed., London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1997). (K4464.5 .G78x 1997).

Guides to European Taxation (Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1981- ). KJC 7198.T393x.  Multi-volume set organized by alpha order by country; includes Taxation of Patent Royalties, Dividends, Interest in Europe, KJC 7198.T393x; The Taxation of Companies in Europe,  KJC 7198 .T393x; The Taxation of  Private Investment Income, K4460.4 .T39x; Value Added Taxation in Europe, HJ2240 .V35x; and Taxation and Investment in Central and East European Countries, KJC 7163 .T39x 1991.  

Handbook on the 1989 Double Taxation Convention Between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States of America (F. Jacob, D. Crowe & H. Zschiegner eds., Amsterdam: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1990-). (K4475.4 .J33x 1990).

International Tax Planning After the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (J. Bischell ed., New York: Matthew Bender, 1989). (KF6419.I58x 1989).

Introduction to International Taxation (New York: Practising Law Institute, 1984). (KF6419 .A75 I58 1984.)

J. Isenbergh, International Taxation: U.S. Taxation of Foreign Persons and Foreign Income (3d ed.New York, Aspen, 2002-). (KF6441 .I82x ).

J. Kuntz, U.S. International Taxation (Boston: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1992-) (KF6419.K86).

D. Kleinfeld,  Langer on Practical International Tax Planning (4th ed., New York: Practising Law Institute, 2000-). (K4464.5.K54x 2001- )

R. Lawrence, III, International Tax and Estate Planning: Strategies and Techiques for Maximum Advantage. (New York: Practising Law Institute, 2001). (KF6584.A45 T39x no.D-305).

P. McDaniel & H. Ault, Introduction to United States International Taxation (4th rev. ed., Deventer; Boston: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1998) (Series on International Taxation; No. 10). (KF6441.M3 1998).

R. Meldman et al. (eds.), A Practical Guide to U.S. Taxation of International Transactions (CCH, 2003).  Includes forms.  (KF6445 .M45 2003). 

A. Ogley, The Principles of International Tax: A Multinational Perspective (London: Interfisc Pub., 1993). (K4460.4.O45 1993).

P. Postlewaite, International Corporate Taxation (2d ed, Colorado Springs, CO: Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1994-1996 ) (KF6445 .P67).

A. Qureshi, The Public International Law of Taxation (London; Boston: Graham and Trotman, 1994). (K4460.4 Q87 1994).

W. Streng & J. Salacuse, International Business Planning: Law and Taxation (United States) (New York: Matthew Bender, 1982- ). (K4542.S87).

Studies in International Taxation (ed. by A. Giovannini, R.G. Hubbard & J. Slemrod, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993). (HJ2347.S78 1993).

Taxation in Latin America (P. Parodi ed., Amersterdam: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1970-).(KG928.T39x 1970). (4 vol. set).

Taxes and Investment in Asia and the Pacific (Amersterdam: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1978- ). (K4460.4.T38 1978).

Taxation and Investment in South Africa (Amsterdam: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1994-).(KTL3350.L68x).

Taxation and Investment in the Caribbean (Amsterdam: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1991-). (KGJ911.T39x). (3 vol. and 2 vol. Treatise set)

U.S. Taxation of International Operations (Robert Feinschreiber, ed., Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975-). (KF6419.A6 P73).


Model Tax Treaties

1963 and 1977 OECD Model Income Tax Treaties and Commentaries: A Comparative Presentation (Deventer, the Netherlands: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1987). (K4475.4.N56x 1987).

1963 and 1977 OECD Model Income Tax Treaties and Commentaries, 2nd edition (Deventer, the Netherlands: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1990). (K4475.4.A14 1990).

Double Taxation Treaties Between Industrialised and Developing Countries: OECD and UN Models, A Comparison (Deventer; Boston: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1992). (K4474.6 1990).

The International Tax Treaties Service (M. Edwardes-Ker ed., Dublin: In-Depth Publishing Ltd., 1980- ). (K4473.I57x).

Model Double Taxation Convention on Estates and Inheritances and on Gifts (Paris: OECD, 1983). (K4475.4.M62 1983).

Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital, 2d ed. (Paris: OECD, 1997) (Report of the Committee on Fiscal Affairs). (K4475.4 .O729x 1996).

United Nations Model Double Taxation Convention Between Developed and Developing Countries (New York: UN, 2001). (Wilson Govt. Pub. UN DOCS ST/ESA/PAD/Ser.E/21).

P. Baker, Double Taxation Conventions and International Tax Law: A Manual on the OECD Model Taxation Convention on Income and Capitol of 1992 (2nd ed., London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1994). (K4475.4 .B34 1994).

G. Hufbauer, K. Elliott & E. Maldonado, Tax Treaties and American Interests Appendix A (New York: National Foreign Trade Council, 1988). (K4475.4 H84x 1988).

M. McIntyre, The International Income Tax Rules of the United States (2d ed.,Stoneham, MA: Butterworth Legal Publishers, 2001- ). (KF6306.M47).

K. Vogel, H. Shannon, III & R. Doernberg, United States Income Tax Treaties (Deventer: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1989- ). (KF6306.V64x 1989).

K. Vogel, Klaus Vogel on Double Taxation Conventions: A Commentary to the OECD, UN and US Model Conventions (3d ed., Deventer; Boston: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1997). (KK7114.V6413 1997).

Westlaw also has three international tax treatises online: J. Kuntz & R. Peroni, US International Taxation (WGL-INTTAX); C. Lowell & J. Governale, (WGL-INTPRAC); and P. Blessing, Income Tax Treaties of the United States (WGL-TREATIES).


Tax Treaties

A. Full Text.
20 Federal Tax Coordinator 2d (New York: Research Institute of America, 1977-). (LOOSE-LEAF SERVICES KF6365.R47).

Federal Tax Treaties (Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1969- ). (TAX SERVICES KF6306.P74) - Not up to date.

Tax Management Portfolios: Foreign Income. (RESERVE).

United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (U.S.T.) (US DOCS S9.12).

Treaties and Other International Acts of United States of America (T.I.A.S.) (US-DOCS S9.10).

United Nations Treaty Series (U.N.T.S.) (KZ172 .T74).  Also available electronically to U of M community, from http://www.law.umn.edu/library/ERDirectory.html

For tax treaties of countries generally, use the United Nations' International Tax Agreements looseleaf service (UN-DOCS ST/ECA/Ser.C). Supplementary Service to European Taxation (KJC7101.3 .E872x) is a looseleaf set published by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation which contains tax treaties signed by the countries of Europe either among themselves or with other countries of the world. See also regional services published by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation.

In addition, United States tax treaties are available online in WESTLAW's USTREATIES, FTX-TREATIES and ILM databases.  See also the Westlaw database RIA International Tax Treaties and Explanations (RIA-TREATIES), and on LexisNexis, under International Law, the Tax Analysts Worldwide Tax Treaties Combined Files. ILM and IBFD also contain treaties where the U.S. is not a party. 

B.    Indexes

The publications mentioned above (for U.S. treaties) are indexed by the State Department's annual publication, Treaties in Force (REF KZ235 .T74x  (also on Reserve) and on the Internet at http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/treaties/2007/index.htm (indexes bilateral and multilateral treaties to which the United States is a party), the United States Treaty Index 1776-1990 Consolidation (also publishes treaties in microfiche, REF KZ235.U55x 1991), and the Current Treaty Index (supplement to the United States Treaty Index) (REF KZ235.C87). The World Treaty Index (P. Rohn ed., 1983) (REF KZ173.R64 1983) is global in scope, but coverage is only through 1980. International Legal Materials (PER.I577) is a bimonthly periodical which reprints the text of key international agreements (available in WESTLAW in the ILM database, on HeinOnline via MNCAT, and on LexisNexis from 1980-).

For the status of United States tax treaties, check CCH's weekly Congressional Index (KF49.C6 and most current on RESERVE) (using the treaty document number), International Legal Materials (bimonthly), Treaties in Force (annual), or call the State Department Treaty Affairs Office at 202-647-1345.

C. Summaries

The INTERFISC Tax Treaty Service (London: Profession Publishing Ltd., 1984- ). (K4464.I57 1984).

Note also that summaries of U.S. tax treaties are available in CCH's Standard Federal Tax Reporter and that most of the general tax looseleafs cover tax consequences of international transactions. Periodicals are also a good source for summaries of taxation treaties.


Foreign Tax Laws

Tax Laws of the World (Foreign Tax Law Association) contains English-language translations of tax statutes of many of the world's countries.

For brief descriptions of foreign tax legislation in English, check the Law Digest volume of Martindale-Hubbell; International Tax Summaries: A Guide for Planning and Decisions (annual); The INTERFISC Tax Treaty Service; Tax Management Portfolios: Foreign Income; and periodical articles.


Periodicals

Annual Institute on International Taxation (New York: Practising Law Institute). (KF6419.A75I157).

Daily Tax Report (Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.). (TAX SERVICES KF6289.A1D3. Most recent issues on RESERVE).

European Taxation (Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1961- ). KJC 7103 .E87x Supplementary Service KJC 7101.3.872x

International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation. Bulletin (Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1946- ). (PER .I54).

International Financial Law Review (London: Euromoney Publications PLC, 1982- ) (monthly periodical indexed by LegalTrac and Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals). (PER.I554).

International Tax & Business Lawyer (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983- ). (PER.I596). Off shelf.

The International Tax Journal (Greenvale, NY: Panel Publishers, Inc., 1974- ). (PER.I599).

International Tax News (London: Deloitte Haskins & Sells International, 1985-1989) . (PER .I5993).

International Tax Planners Alert (New York: Research Institute of America, 1981- 1989) (PER.I5995).

New York University. Conference of International Tax. Proceedings of the ...Annual Conference on International Tax and Business Planning (New York: Matthew Bender, 1974- ) (formerly called International Institute on Tax and Business Planning) (K4440.A2 N49x).

Symposium on International Business: Problems and Solutions of Private Investors Abroad, Private Investors Abroad (New York: Matthew Bender, 1959- ). (PER.S97).

Tax Management International Journal (Washington, D.C.: Tax Management, Inc.).(PER.T3595).

Tax News Service: A Bi-Weekly Newsletter Reporting Recent Developments in Taxation Throughout the World (Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1965- ) Foreign language periodicals - only have up to 1992.

Tax Notes International (Arlington, VA: Tax Analysts, 1989- ) (accessible through the LexisNexis's Federal Tax materials and WESTLAW's TNI database). (PER.T361).

General tax and legal periodicals can also contain articles on international taxation. The basic legal periodical indexes (Index to Legal Periodicals, Current Law Index, Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, Legaltrac, LRI on WESTLAW;   Legal > Secondary Legal > Annotations & Indexes LexisNexis) can be used to access citations to these journals. Some of the journals mentioned above are available full-text on LexisNexis and WESTLAW.


Locating More Books, Looseleaf Services & Periodicals on International Taxation

The following subject headings are useful for locating materials on the international taxation laws of the United States and foreign countries, tax law abroad, international tax agreements, and tax havens:
CONFLICT OF LAWS TAXATION

CORPORATIONS, FOREIGN TAXATION

DOUBLE TAXATION

INCOME TAX  [place] FOREIGN INCOME

INHERITANCE AND TRANSFER TAX [place]

INVESTMENTS TAXATION

INVESTMENTS, FOREIGN TAXATION

TAX EVASION (INTERNATIONAL LAW)

TAX HAVENS

VALUE-ADDED TAX LAW AND LEGISLATION

Other relevant search terms exist and can be located by using subject headings assigned to known books and periodicals or by doing a keyword search on MNCAT available on the Internet at http://mncat.lib.umn.edu.

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