Taxation and Cultural Heritage.

A comparative and interdisciplinary study on how tax law and budgetary policies - both international and domestic - have an impact on the protection and promotion of cultural heritage.

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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : IBFD Publications USA, Incorporated,, 2022.
©2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (458 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Public Finance and Tax Measures for Cultural Heritage: Issues, Methodologies and Guidelines
  • 2.1. Themes, problems and objectives
  • 2.2. The reasons why states finance cultural heritage
  • 2.3. The policies of the European Union
  • 2.3.1. From the prohibition to modernization of State aid
  • 2.4. The role of UNESCO and its current crisis
  • 2.5. Comparative analysis
  • Part 1: International and European Legal Framework
  • Chapter 3: The OECD Guidelines and Their Impact on National Policies for Cultural Heritage
  • Summary
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Public intervention for culture - The cultural economics perspective
  • 3.3. Policy transfer
  • 3.4. The notion of culture
  • 3.5. The OECD - A brief introduction
  • 3.6. The OECD and cultural heritage
  • 3.7. Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: The Funding of World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Internal organization and financial resources
  • 4.3. Direct funding from UNESCO
  • 4.3.1. Inclusion on the World Heritage List
  • 4.3.2. International assistance
  • 4.3.3. Protection of world heritage in danger
  • 4.4. Involvement of the private sector: The case of public-private partnerships
  • 4.5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: Financing the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the European Union: The Legal Framework for Tax and Non-Tax Instruments
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. EU competences in the area of culture and the protection of cultural heritage
  • 5.3. The principles of the EU framework for action on cultural heritage
  • 5.4. EU direct and indirect funding and tax incentives for private financing: The ambiguous EU legal framework
  • 5.5. Future perspectives: Common cultural heritage, common institutions, common taxes?
  • Chapter 6: European Ties to Tax Policies and the State Aid System.
  • 6.1. Introduction: Culture, EU law and tax policy
  • 6.1.1. Defining culture: Legal transplants and the autonomy of EU law
  • 6.2. EU State aid policy
  • 6.2.1. The notion of State aid
  • 6.2.1.1. When is there an economic activity?
  • 6.2.1.2. When is there an effect on trade?
  • 6.2.1.3. Where to draw the line? Situations in which there is no State aid
  • 6.2.2. The need to notify as a general rule
  • 6.2.3. The General Block Exemption Regulation
  • 6.2.4. The exceptional flexibility in the COVID-19 crisis
  • 6.3. Conclusion
  • Chapter 7: The Public Funding of Culture: The Uncertain Boundary between State Aid and Non-State Aid
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. From the Leipzig-Halle judgment to Regulation 651/2014
  • 7.3. The Commission Notice on the notion of State aid and culture as economic activity
  • 7.3.1. The effects on competition and trade between Member States
  • 7.4. Conclusion
  • Chapter 8: Cultural Heritage, Taxation and Constitutional Traditions Common to EU Member States: Exploring the Scope of Article 167 of the TFEU
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. A twofold constitutional dimension of culture
  • 8.3. The national tax measures to preserve cultural sites: Criticisms of the state dimension of cultural heritage
  • 8.4. Towards a people-centred approach to preserving cultural heritage: An EU proposal to enforce cultural rights
  • 8.4.1. The need for a specific tax regime to engage communities in preserving cultural heritage
  • 8.4.2. The European Union's role in fostering a community-centred approach to preserving cultural heritage
  • 8.5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 9: International Tax Treaties and Cultural Heritage
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. OECD Model
  • 9.2.1. Scope of DTCs: Residence
  • 9.2.2. Special tax regimes
  • 9.2.3. Limitation-on-benefits clauses
  • 9.2.4. No mutual recognition, notwithstanding the non-discrimination article.
  • 9.2.5. Conclusion on the position of cultural heritage charities under treaties based on the OECD Model
  • 9.3. UN Model
  • 9.4. US Model
  • 9.4.1. Scope: Residence
  • 9.4.2. Special tax regimes
  • 9.4.3. Limitations on benefits
  • 9.4.4. Non-discrimination and reciprocal exemption of charities
  • 9.4.5. Donors to charities
  • 9.5. OECD Model on taxes on estates, inheritance and gifts
  • 9.5.1. Commentary on the OECD EIGMC
  • 9.5.2. Examples of gift and inheritance treaties referring to charities
  • 9.6. US Estate and Gift Model Convention
  • 9.7. Conclusion
  • Part 2: National Experiences
  • Chapter 10: The US Experience
  • 10.1. Introduction
  • 10.1.1. Federal context
  • 10.1.2. State and local context
  • 10.1.3. Tax context
  • 10.2. Systemic framework
  • 10.2.1. Tax incentives for cultural heritage owners
  • 10.2.1.1. Tax deduction for donations of full title to property
  • 10.2.1.2. Tax deduction for donations of a partial interest in real property
  • 10.2.1.3. Tax credit for rehabilitation of historic structures
  • 10.2.1.4. Relief from local property taxes
  • 10.2.2. Tax incentives for patrons
  • 10.2.3. Tax incentives for museums and other non-profit organizations
  • 10.2.4. Tax incentives for art cities
  • 10.3. Tax incentives for attracting international investors
  • 10.4. Best practices
  • 10.4.1. The importance of the charitable deduction
  • 10.4.2. Reliance on non-tax experts
  • 10.4.3. The intricacies of the deduction for conservation easements
  • 10.5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 11: The French Experience
  • 11.1. Introduction
  • 11.2. Systematic framework
  • 11.2.1. Tax incentives for cultural heritage owners
  • 11.2.2. Tax incentives for patrons
  • 11.2.3. Tax incentives for museums and non-profits
  • 11.2.4. Tax incentives for art cities
  • 11.3. Tax incentives for attracting international investors
  • 11.4. Best practices.
  • 11.5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 12: The Italian Experience
  • 12.1. Introduction
  • 12.2. Systematic framework
  • 12.2.1. Tax incentives for cultural heritage owners
  • 12.2.1.1. A deduction for the maintenance expenses of historical-artistic movable or immovable assets (articles 15 and 100 of the TUIR) incurred by those obliged to maintain such assets
  • 12.2.1.2. Reductions in income tax for owners of historical-artistic property (articles 37 and 90 of the TUIR)
  • 12.2.1.3. Reductions in property taxes for owners of real estate of historical-artistic interest (article 1(747) of Law no. 160/2019)
  • 12.2.1.4. Exemption from inheritance and gift tax (article 13 of Legislative Decree no. 346/1990) for assets expressly qualified as historical-artistic assets
  • 12.2.1.5. Reduction of more than half of the VAT rate for the importation and transfer of works of art by the artist (article 39 of Law Decree no. 41/1995)
  • 12.2.1.6. Possibility (to be implemented) to pay taxes "in kind" through historical-artistic goods (article 28-bis of Presidential Decree no. 602/1973 and article 39 of Legislative Decree no. 346/1990)
  • 12.2.1.7. Exemption from income tax for capital gains derived from stand-alone sales of artwork
  • 12.2.2. Tax incentives for patrons
  • 12.2.2.1. Deduction of gifts and liberal donations (articles 15 and 100 of the TUIR)
  • 12.2.2.2. Deduction of gifts and liberal donations in cash or in kind to entities whose purpose is the protection, promotion and enhancement of historical-artistic assets pursuant to the Code of Cultural Heritage (article 14 of Law Decree no. 35/2005)
  • 12.2.2.3. Special deduction in case of gifts and liberal donations to special entities qualifying as special or non-profit entities (enti del terzo settore) (article 83 of Legislative Decree no. 117/2017)
  • 12.2.2.4. Art bonus (article 1 of Law Decree no. 83/2014).
  • 12.2.3. Tax incentives for museums and non-profits
  • 12.2.4. Tax incentives for art cities
  • 12.3. Tax incentives for attracting international investors
  • 12.4. Best practices
  • 12.5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 13: The Spanish Experience
  • 13.1. Introduction
  • 13.2. Systematic framework
  • 13.2.1. Tax incentives for cultural heritage owners
  • 13.2.2. Tax incentives for patrons
  • 13.2.3. Tax incentives for museums and non-profits
  • 13.2.4. Tax incentives for art cities
  • 13.3. Tax incentives for attracting international investors
  • 13.4. Best practices
  • Chapter 14: The German Experience
  • 14.1. Introduction
  • 14.2. Systematic framework
  • 14.2.1. Tax incentives for cultural heritage owners
  • 14.2.1.1. Income tax deductions and accelerated depreciation
  • 14.2.1.2. Exemption from property tax
  • 14.2.1.3. Special inheritance and gift tax treatment
  • 14.2.2. Tax incentives for patrons
  • 14.2.3. Tax incentives for museums and non-profit organizations
  • 14.2.4. Tax incentives for art cities
  • 14.3. Tax incentives for attracting international investors
  • 14.4. Best practices
  • Chapter 15: The Austrian Experience
  • 15.1. Introduction
  • 15.2. Systematic framework
  • 15.2.1. Tax incentives for cultural heritage owners
  • 15.2.2. Tax incentives for patrons
  • 15.2.3. Tax incentives for museums and non-profits
  • 15.2.4. Tax incentives for art cities
  • 15.3. Tax incentives for attracting international investors
  • 15.4. Best practices
  • 15.5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 16: The Swedish Experience
  • 16.1. Introduction
  • 16.2. Systematic framework
  • 16.2.1. General legal framework
  • 16.2.2. Tax incentives for cultural heritage owners
  • 16.2.3. Tax incentives for patrons
  • 16.2.4. Tax incentives for museums and non-profit organizations
  • 16.2.5. Tax incentives for art cities.
  • 16.3. Tax incentives for international investors, and other European and international measures.