Why the FCE Bank ruling may help claimants behind Marks & Spencer

Joe Dalton

October 24, 2012

The Court of Appeal decision in the FCE Bank case last week is good news for UK taxpayers with existing cross-border group relief claims from loss-making EU sister companies, where the common parent is an EU or US resident.

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