IFA Canada 2023 Lectureship

A North American View of State Aid

February 22, 2023

Guest Lecturer: Ruth Mason, Edwin S. Cohen Distinguished Professor of Law and Taxation, University of Virginia

Discussant: Dr. Jennifer Farrell, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Western University

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Slides for the 2023 IFA Canada Lectureship, and two appendices.

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Slides for the 2023 IFA Canada Lectureship

Tax Rulings as State Aid FAQ

APPENDIX 1: The first in a series of reports on EU state aid, Mason provides background on state aid law as it applies to income taxes.

State Aid: Arm’s Length on Appeal

APPENDIX 2: In this final installment in a series of reports on state aid, Mason evaluates the European Commission’s decisions in the recent state aid cases involving income allocation. She focuses on whether the sui generis arm’s-length standard that the commission applied in those cases will be upheld on appeal.