Tax ruling a ‘heavy blow’ for member states

The European Court of Justice ruled on 18 September 2003 that Dutch tax law provisions which place parent companies with subsidiaries in other Member States at a disadvantage are incompatible with Community law.

http://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp03/aff/cp0374en.htm http://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp03/aff/cp0374en.htm

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