On July 14, 2010 Marco Rossi presented a lecture on the European Union and EU tax law to candidates/students of Master of Science in Taxation at Fairfield University. We provided an overview of the European Union and its institutions, discussed the sources of EU law and the main developments in the area of EU statutory tax

Italian tax administration rules that EU merger does qualify for tax free treatment under the EU merger directive if no permanent establishment in Italy exists after the merger
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The European Curt of Justice ruled that the parent subsidiary directive, which exempts from withholding tax dividends paid from a EU subsidiary to a EU parent, does not apply to dividends paid to the holder of a usufruct right on the shares.
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AG of ECJ issued his opinion in Aberdeen Property Fininvest Alpha, according to which no withholding tax should apply to dividends to a EU company (in the case, a Luxembourg investment fund SICAV) if no similar tax applies to a domestic dividend
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European Court of Justice in Société Papillon (C-418/07) ruled that French national laws that limit access to tax consolidation in EU cross-border situations violate the EC Treaty. The ruling offers taxpayers opportunities to claim access to consolidation at the EU level every-time that such option is granted at domestic level and to offset losses and profits of the EU members of a consolidated group.
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