This content is from: EU urges Spain to abolish tax scheme favouring foreign acquisitions The European Commission (EC) has told Spain that it must scrap a 2002 provision of its corporate tax law which provides an advantage to Spanish companies making acquisitions in non-EU countries. January 21 2011
This content is from: Supreme Court setback for Spanish telecoms companies The Spanish Supreme Court has dismissed a request by telecommunications companies Telefónica, Vodafone and ONO to halt payments of the RTVE tax while the court considers its legality. By Salman Shaheen January 13 2011
This content is from: Brazil Brazil removes Spanish international holding companies from the grey list of privileged... On December 2 2010 the Brazilian government granted the exclusion of Spanish holding companies (ETVEs) from its grey list of privileged tax regimes. Isabel Bertoletti, Fabíola Costa Girão and Henrique de Freitas Munia... January 05 2011
This content is from: European VAT rises arrive The rise in UK VAT to 20%, which was announced last June, came into effect today. But while the government and opposition are debating the pros and cons of the controversial move, many other European jurisdictions are... By Salman Shaheen January 04 2011
