THE VALUE IN TAX AND CUSTOMS LAW Prof. Dr. Iure Pontes Vieira Invited Professor at Sao Paulo School of Law (EPD), Brazil iurevieira@hotmail.com THE GOAL OF THE THESIS 1. What means value ? The Concept of Tax and Customs Value 2. How can I asses de the value? Measuring the Value of Tax Law and Customs I - THE CONCEPT OF TAX AND CUSTOMS VALUE A) Difficulties: - Economic and philosophical origins; - The differents principles of construction; - The differents goals of government B) Two elements of value: - Exchange - Usage C) Passage from Homo economics to Homo fiscalis II - MEASURING THE VALUE By confrontation By coordination THE CONFRONTATION The force buyer seller The fair value is under contractual justice Contractual justise is find in the balance of needs THE COORDINATION The forces The value in international groups The value of intangibles - In such cases, the value is not determined by confrontation - The value must be interpreted using distributive justice - The value is a coordination between persons and goods