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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9237

21 July 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 45
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation/belgium
Commission requests Belgium to end discriminatory taxation of inbound dividends

Brussels, 20/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has sent Belgium a formal request to end the discriminatory taxation of dividends paid by foreign companies (inbound dividends) to Belgian private investors. Under the Belgian tax system, there is no double taxation for domestic dividends while there is for inbound dividends. The Commission considers this difference in treatment is contrary to the freedom of establishment and the free movement of capital, guaranteed by the EC Treaty. The...

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