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Advocate-general opinions on the application of the Dutch dividend withholding tax exemption in 2 Belgian holding company cases

On June 9, 2023, Advocate-General Wattel (hereafter referred to as A-G) issued two opinions in cases concerning the application of the dividend withholding tax (DWT) exemption regarding dividend distributions to […]

New transfer pricing rules in Brazil: opportunities & risks

On 15 June 2023, the provisional measure n. 1152/22 – published on 29 December 2022 – was converted into law with the publishing of Federal Law n. 14.596/23 (the “Law”). […]

Dutch district court allows 25 % tax sparing credit on Brazilian interest on net equity

Earlier this month (on 1 May 2023), the Dutch district court in Breda (“Court”) decided that the Dutch taxpayer X BV has the right to apply a tax sparing credit […]

Webinar: Pillar Two – Deep Dive OECD Safe Harbours

When: February 8, 2023 Time: 4 – 5 pm On December 15, 2022, the EU directive on global minimum taxation (GloBE Rules or Pillar Two) was passed. The OECD subsequently […]

Publications

The ATAD general anti-avoidance rule in the Netherlands

The Dutch legislator decided not to implement the General Anti-Avoidance Rule (“GAAR”) of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD”) and to rely on the court developed fraus legis doctrine.    As there are several […]

Economic Analysis and Impact Assessment of the Pillar 1 & 2 Proposals

On 13 February 2020, the OECD published a (first) economic analysis / impact assessment of the (combined) Pillar 1 & 2 proposals). Background The OECD recently published the proposals for […]

OECD releases Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions

On February 11, 2020 the OECD released the highly anticipated report “Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions” (“the report”), which deals with the follow-up work in relation to Actions 8-10 […]

Abuse of Law under EU Directives – Derivatives & Financial Instruments, 2019 (Volume 21), No. 6

In this article the authors Frederik Mulder and Yves Cattel discuss the ruling of the European Court of Justice in the so-called “Danish cases” (T Danmark – Case C-116/16 and […]




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