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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9812

7 January 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Court upholds validity of taxation on Spanish property transactions

Brussels, 06/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Court of Justice of the European Communities has ruled that Spanish taxes which refer exclusively to property transactions are not incompatible with the Sixth VAT Directive (N° 77/388/EEC of the Council). Spanish Company N.N. Renta SA took a case to the Spanish court, arguing that the application of these taxes, at the same time and on the same basis as normal VAT, constituted unlawful double taxation. The High Court of Justice of Catalonia, to...

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