Belgium: Constitutional Court announces the fairness tax unconstitutional

11 March, 2018

On 1 March 2018, The Constitutional Court of Belgium announced the fairness tax unconstitutional, thus nullifying it (judgment n° 24/2018). According to the Court’s ruling, however, the fairness tax is maintained until financial year 2017 (tax

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South Africa: Dutch court ruled on exemption of withholding tax on dividend payments

14 September, 2017

On 17 August 2017, a Dutch lower court ruled that dividend payments from the Netherlands to South African corporate entities with 10% or more ownership in the company are not subject to Dutch dividend withholding tax. The case involved a 2013

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India: Waiver of interest by financial institutions is treated as income

12 April, 2017

In a recent judgement in the case of: McDowell & Company Ltd. v. CIT (Civil Appeal No. 3893 of 2006), the Supreme Court of India held that the waiver of interest by financial institutions is assessable from the hands of the Amalgamating Company

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