Supreme Tax Court discontinues proceedings with regard to th ...
The Supreme Tax Court had asked (decision of 13.03.2019 – I R 18/19) the European Court of Justice (ECJ) whether Article 107(1) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) was to be interpreted as meaning that State Aid existed where, under the rules of a Member State, (permanent) losses - incurred by a company from an economic activity maintained without receiving sufficient remuneration to cover its costs - are in principle to be regarded as hidden dividend distributions and accordingly may not reduce the profit of the company, but, in the case of companies in which the majority of voting rights are held directly or indirectly by legal persons governed by public law, those legal consequences are not to be applied to permanent losses arising if such “public” corporations carry ...
Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
Schlagwörter: state aid, public service companies, per ...
