Tag: tax
EU Takes Apple’s $14 Billion Tax Case To EU’s Top...
The European Union's competition regulators have filed an appeal to the highest court of the bloc, seeking to overturn a previous decision and obligate...
Amazon Wins Appeal Over $300M EU Tax Bill
Amazon struck a new blow to European Union efforts to wring more tax from big tech companies when the bloc’s second-highest court sided with...
German Finance Chief Says Global Corporate-Tax Deal Is Close
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said a global deal on minimum corporate taxes is possible within months, citing signals of support by President Joe...
Vestager: All Firms Must Pay Fair Share Of Taxes
EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has told business leaders in Ireland that all companies must pay their fair share of taxes from their profits, reported...
Ireland Appeals ECJ State Aid Ruling Against Luxembourg
The Department of Finance says it has lodged an appeal at the European Court of Justice against a State aid ruling made against Luxembourg...
France: Big Tech tax on hold as US threatens tariffs
France will postpone payment requirements on its newly levied digital services tax aimed at large tech companies like Facebook and Google due to a...
EU: Apple challenges Vestagers’s $14B tax fine
Apple will launch a legal challenge on Tuesday, September 17, to a European Commission order to pay €13 billion (US$14.4 billion) in Irish back...
Spain: Gov plans 3% digital tax on large tech companies
On Friday the Spanish government approved on Friday a draft law that would tax large companies 3% of their digital revenue, bringing an estimated...
EU: EC recommends taxation of ports in Italy and Spain
The European Commission has proposed, in two separate decisions, that Italy and Spain align their taxation of ports with State aid rules. Cross-border competition...
State Aid and Tax Rulings
April 2018
CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) & Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) presents:
State Aid and Tax Rulings By By Georgios Petropoulos (Bruegel)1
State aid...