New corporate tax form for 2009 implements new provisions on deduction of interest expenses within the tax consolidated group
January 2009
EU Outbound Merger Not Eligible For Tax-Free Treatment if No Permanent Establishment in Italy After the Merger
By Marco Rossi on
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…
Burden of Proof of Tax Avoidance on Tax Administration, Italian Supreme Court Says
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The Tax Section of the Italian Supreme Court in its judgment n. 1465 of January 21, 2009 held that the tax administration bears the burden to prove that a transaction is carried out solely to obtain a tax advantage, in order to disregard the transaction and deny the tax benefits obtained by the taxpayer under…
Madeira Company Held Liable to Tax in Italy, Regional Tax Court Ruled
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Italian Regional Tax Court found a Madeira company engaged in the business of purchasing and selling goods had its permanent establishment in Italy and was subject to tax in Italy, were its contracts were negotiated and its business was supervised by its shareholders.…
EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive Does Not Apply to Dividends on Shares Held in Usufruct, ECJ Ruled
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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.…
Italian Supreme Court Applies General Anti-Avoidance Principle
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With two very important decisions issued on December 23, 2008 and concerning a dividend washing and dividend stripping transaction, the Italian Supreme Court for the first time applied a general anti-avoidance principle deriving directly from the Italian Constitution. According to the Court, the general anti-avoidance principle is an underlying principle of the Italian tax system that applies on top and above of any other specific anti abuse provision of the tax code, and denies the tax benefits of a transaction that lacks economic substance and is entered into for the sole or principal purpose of obtaining a tax advantage.…