unlawful tax advantage

Tax Advantages of Donating to Charity

tax relief [ relief from taxes | tax abatement | tax advantage | tax allowance | tax concession | tax credit | tax deduction | tax reduction | Tax incentive(STW) | tax credits(UNBIS) | tax deductions(UNBIS) ]

obtain an unlawful tax advantage

advantage of location | advantage of site | locational advantage

advantage of location | locational advantage

tax [ rate of taxation | tax rate | Tax levies(ECLAS) | Tax rate(STW) ]

tax on income [ income tax ]

ad out | advantage out | advantage receiver

In October 2015, the Commission concluded that Luxembourg and the Netherlands had granted selective tax advantages to Fiat and Starbucks, respectively.In January 2016, the Commission concluded that selective tax advantages granted by Belgium to at least 35 multinationals, mainly from the EU, under its "excess profit" tax scheme are illegal under EU State aid rules.

The main feature is that non-resident persons benefit from the same tax-treatment as residents, if they obtain 75 % of their total income in one Member State; in such situations, the Member State of residence would be allowed to reduce the personal tax advantages correspondingly.

5. Reiterates the need to draw up a blacklist of tax havens and countries that distort competition through favourable tax conditions, including those in the EU, by the end of 2015; takes the view that the definition of tax havens should at least include the criteria set out by the OECD, together with the following: ‘provision for tax measures which entail no or nominal taxes, a lack of effective exchange of information with foreign tax authorities and a lack of transparency in legislative, legal or administrative provisions, or where advantages are granted even without any real economic activity or a substantial economic presence within the country offering such tax advantages’; calls ...[+++], furthermore, for a definition to be formulated at an international level (e.g. the United Nations);

1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 67, the most favoured- nation treatment granted in accordance with this Decision shall not apply to tax advantages which the Member States or OCTs authorities are providing or may provide in the future on the basis of agreements to avoid double taxation or other tax arrangements, or domestic tax legislation in force.