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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8585

15 November 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Member States cannot apply discrimination by taxing gambling income won in another Member State when they do not tax that gained from gambling on their own territory

Luxembourg, 14/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - In the 'Lindman' case, the European Court of Justice indicated that European law refutes right of one member state to tax gains from gambling organised in another member state, while the same gains from gambling organised on its territory are not subjected to income tax. A Finn, Diana Lindman, had won a million Crowns from a lottery organised on Stockholm, while she was visiting the Swedish capital. The Finnish tax office considered her gains as being...

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