The financial crisis has generated a high degree of legislative activity both in the area of substantive and procedural financial regulation and in the area of taxation of the financial sector. This article explores criteria for legislative choice (in particular for the European Union) when a given target can be addressed both by regulatory means and by fiscal burdens. Major examples include the (1) choice between capital requirements for financial institutions and the introduction of bank levies, (2) substantive constraints for executive compensation versus a “bonus tax”, and (3) the relationship between the existing European regulatory regime of financial markets and the current project of a “financial transaction tax”. While bank levies can play a meaningful role alongside capital requirements, both the “bonus tax” and the “financial transaction tax” seem less attractive than alternative regulatory options.

This book examines how tax policies contributed to the financial crisis; whether taxation can play a role in the reform efforts to establish a sounder and safer financial system; and the pros and cons of various tax initiatives.

Financial services regulation tends to be costly and unsympathetic to consumers. This book examines why that is the case and proposes and regulatory regime that would be more efficient and more responsive to consumer interests.

Analytical and empirical perspectives on the interplay of taxation and regulation in the financial sector. The global financial crisis has prompted economists to rethink fundamental questions on how governments should intervene in the financial sector. Many countries have already begun to reform the taxation and regulation of the financial sector—in the United States, for example, the Dodd–Frank Act became law in 2010; in Europe, different countries have introduced additional taxes on the sector and made substantial progress toward a banking union for the eurozone. Only recently, however, has a new field in economics emerged to study the interplay between public finance and banking. This book offers the latest thinking on the topic by American and European economists. The contributors first explore new conceptual ground, offering rigorous theoretical analyses that help us better understand how tax policy and regulation can contribute to avoiding another crisis or reducing its impact. Contributors then investigate the behavior of financial institutions in response to various forms of taxation and regulation, offering empirical evidence that is vital for policy design. Contributors Thiess Buettner, Jin Cao, Giuseppina Cannas, Gunther Capelle-Blancard, Jessica Cariboni, Brian Coulter, Ernesto Crivelli, Ruud de Mooij, Michael P. Devereux, Katharina Erbe, Ricardo Fenochietto, Marco Petracco Giudici, Timothy J. Goodspeed, Reint Gropp, Olena Havyrlchyk, Michael Keen, Lawrence L. Kreicher, Julia Lendvai, Ben Lockwood, Massimo Marchesi, Donato Masciandaro, Colin Mayer, Robert N. McCauley, Patrick McGuire, Gaëtan Nicodème, Masanori Orihara, Francesco Passarelli, Carola Pessino, Rafal Raciborski, John Vickers, Lukas Vogel, Stefano Zedda

"The global economic and financial crisis has created important needs for fiscal consolidation. This document analyses potential instruments to raise additional tax revenues from the financial sector. The first section reviews the current policy objectives related to the taxation of the financial sector. The second section sheds some light on the current tax treatment of the financial sector. The third section discusses potential tax instruments to reach the goals. The fourth and fifth section respectively assess the advantages and drawbacks of a Financial Transaction Tax and a Financial Activities Tax."--Editor.

A three-volume set, the book provides a road map to work one's way through the tax and regulatory maze of financial products. It details the policies, rules, and interpretations that govern the federal regulation and taxation of securities, derivatives, commodities, options, and hybrid products. It provides reliable answers to questions about financial markets and products and will help in planning transactions and in defending challenged tax positions.

Profound changes in the financial markets have caused many lawmakers to modernise their legislation. This work provides a fundamental analysis of the questions raised by the laws ruling trading systems. In doing so, it defines such terms as: stock exchange analogous system protection of investors protection of the market function It also offers answers to questions such as: What trading rules do the financial intermediaries (banks) have to observe? What objectives should be pursued by lawmakers? What role is to be left to competition? What should be left to self-regulation? This work takes both a critical and comparative approach, looking in particular at Anglo-Saxon, Continental, and European legislation. it provides a comparative analysis of each subject covered, including the advantages and disadvantages that exist in the diverse legal solutions envisaged, As well as the current state of the various controversies in the existing doctrine.

Now in its fourth edition, this two-volume bound book provides a road map to work one's way through the tax and regulatory maze of financial products. It details the policies, rules, and interpretations that govern the federal regulation and taxation of securities, crypto currencies, commodities, options, derivatives, and hybrid products. It provides reliable answers to questions about financial markets, financial products, and market participants, and it will help with planning transactions and defending challenged tax positions. Part One: Overview of the Markets Part Two: Major Market Users Part Three: Tax Classifications of Financial Market Participants Part Four: Taxation of Capital Transactions Part Five: Ordinary Income Transactions Part Six: Anti-Abuse Considerations Part Seven: Terminations of Contract Rights and Obligations Part Eight: Dividends, Interest, Security Loans, and Repurchase Transactions Part Nine: Equity Securities, Options, Partnerships, and Publicly Traded Trust Interests Part Ten: Debt Securities and Options on Debt Securities Part Eleven: Asset-Backed Securities Part Twelve: Commodities, Options on Commodities, and Bitcoin and Virtual Currencies Part Thirteen: Section 1256 Contracts Part Fourteen: Straddles Part Fifteen: Foreign Currency and International Operations Part Sixteen: Notional Principal Contracts

The major financial scandals of the past decade, which have been discussed exhaustively in corporate offices by corporate attorneys, and in accounting firms, have led to the passage of massive Congressional enactments in the United States that impact the world of finance. The enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, with its significant provisions of 20-year imprisonment for certain offenses, and the conviction of Enron's CEO and other senior executives, finally caught the attention of corporate executives. Laws and Regulations in Global Financial Markets presents students, researchers, and practitioners with an in-depth global analysis of the legal and regulative aspects of corporate financial markets. Readers are introduced to international developments concerning rules and regulations impacting investment advisers and broker-dealers, bankruptcy law, important legal changes influencing banks and credit ratings organizations, real estate regulations, and insurance law. The book concludes with a discussion of personal finance, financial literacy, and federal statutes centered around the subject matter.