Italy issued circular n. 26/E of May 21, 2009 which provides clarifications on the new EU dividend withholding tax. The reduced tax rate of 1.375 percent applies to dividends paid to companies that are resident in an EU member state and are subject to corporate tax in their own state of residence, even though they do not pay any tax on their income due to an exemption or other particular tax regime that applies in that state.
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EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive Does Not Apply to Dividends on Shares Held in Usufruct, ECJ Ruled
By Marco Rossi on
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.…
Withholding Tax on Outbound Dividends to a Luxemburg Investment SICAV Illegal, AG of the ECJ Says
By Marco Rossi on
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…