The erosion of tax collection via interest reduction is a phenomenon raising major concern to the Peruvian Government. In this context, thin capitalization is a specific clause that limits such actions. However, the outlawed types of thin capitalization are only the ones that erode the base on which the income tax is calculated. In this article, the authors address the Peruvian Income Tax Law considering the Specific Anti-Avoidance Rule for thin capitalization. Moreover, they address the approach recommended by Action 4 of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting plan as well as the six approaches recommended by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

La investigación presenta un análisis de la situación objetiva de la subcapitalización, revisando los Métodos que se han utilizado para combatirla a nivel mundial, la implementación del enfoque de mejores prácticas de la Acción 4 del Plan BEPS de la OCDE. A efectos de determinar si la regulación que existe actualmente en el ordenamiento jurídico tributario peruano vigente para contrarrestar sus efectos debe mantenerse o no, y en caso de ser afirmativa la respuesta, nuestra propuesta de implementación del perfeccionamiento tributario correspondiente a la regulación de esta situación objetiva. This research presents an analysis of the objective situation of the thincapitalization, reviewing the methods that have been used to combat it world wide, the implementation of the best practices approach of Action 4 of the OECD BEPS Plan. In order to determine if the existing regulatio...

The erosion of tax collection via interest reduction is a phenomenon raising major concern to the Peruvian Government. In this context, thin capitalization is a specific clause that limits such actions. However, the outlawed types of thin capitalization are only the ones that erode the base on which the income tax is calculated. In this article, the authors address the Peruvian Income Tax Law considering the Specific Anti-Avoidance Rule for thin capitalization. Moreover, they address the approach recommended by Action 4 of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting plan as well as the six approaches recommended by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

La investigación presenta un análisis de la situación objetiva de la subcapitalización, revisando los Métodos que se han utilizado para combatirla a nivel mundial, la implementación del enfoque de mejores prácticas de la Acción 4 del Plan BEPS de la OCDE. A efectos de determinar si la regulación que existe actualmente en el ordenamiento jurídico tributario peruano vigente para contrarrestar sus efectos debe mantenerse o no, y en caso de ser afirmativa la respuesta, nuestra propuesta de implementación del perfeccionamiento tributario correspondiente a la regulación de esta situación objetiva. This research presents an analysis of the objective situation of the thincapitalization, reviewing the methods that have been used to combat it world wide, the implementation of the best practices approach of Action 4 of the OECD BEPS Plan. In order to determine if the existing regulatio...

The erosion of tax collection via interest reduction is a phenomenon raising major concern to the Peruvian Government. In this context, thin capitalization is a specific clause that limits such actions. However, the outlawed types of thin capitalization are only the ones that erode the base on which the income tax is calculated. In this article, the authors address the Peruvian Income Tax Law considering the Specific Anti-Avoidance Rule for thin capitalization. Moreover, they address the approach recommended by Action 4 of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting plan as well as the six approaches recommended by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.