On Friday 14 July, the European Commission decided to file a case in the Court of Justice of the European Union against Luxembourg for failing to correctly transpose the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (2016/1164) (see EUROPE B11514A19).
The Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD 1) provides for a derogation from the measure limiting the deductibility of interest payments from the corporation tax base applicable to financial undertakings. The directive contains an exhaustive list of entities...