Brazil’s Supreme Court judgment in CFC case brings good and bad news for Vale

Joe Dalton

April 10 2013

The Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil resumed its judgment in the case set to decide the constitutionality of the country’s controlled foreign company (CFC) rules yesterday and confirmed an injunction meaning mining multinational Vale will not have to pay its R30.55 billion ($15.09 billion) tax assessment until the court has made further analysis.

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