Discrimination is not justified with investment funds

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Discrimination is not justified with investment funds

June 30 2012
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In May the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found that French tax legislation is contrary to EU law when it taxes nationally-sourced dividends paid to certain investment funds which are resident in another state. Nadine Gelli, Eduardo Gracia and Manuel Paz of Ashurst explain why this break-through decision opens the door to a significant number of claims for full refunds to be filed by both EU and non-EU investment funds in France and all across Europe.

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