Brussels, 22/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to refer Belgium to the European Court of Justice because the country taxes dividends paid by foreign companies to private Belgian investors (inbound dividends) at a higher rate than dividends paid by Belgian companies to the same investors. The Commission has in fact revealed that a case of double taxation exists in Belgium for inbound dividends, which is not the case for national dividends. Drawing on the...