The German Constitutional Court held that the rules for curtailment of loss relief on change of shareholders to be in breach of the formal provisions of the constitution under the principle of equal treatment insofar as changes of more than 25% and up to 50% of the shares in a company within a period of five years are concerned. Continue reading
Tax & Legal
The Lower Tax Court of Muenster held that losses incurred during the year in which a harmful change in shareholding took place can be carried back to the previous tax year. Continue reading
The advocate general on an ECJ case on special case exemption from a loss curtailment provision has suggested the court hold the exemption rule to be of pre-accession provenance and thus not to be disapplied as unauthorised state aid unless and until the Commission has come to that conclusion on the basis of a properly completed formal proceeding. Continue reading