The Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow decides that the provision of tax treaties between Germany & Russia do not obstruct the application of thin capitalization rules. The Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow Circuit (FAC) decided in Case A41-21630/2013 on 2 September, 2014 that a taxpayer has to apply the thin capitalization rules as the applicable tax treaty does not contain any restrictions on deductibility rules.
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