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  • In its Manninen judgment of September 7 2004 (case C-319/02), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that, when taxing dividend income, an EU member state may not grant its resident individuals a credit for corporation tax paid by distributing domestic corporations, but deny such a credit on dividends paid by foreign corporations. Such discrimination against the dividends of foreign EU corporations impermissibly restricts the free movement of capital, which is guaranteed under article 56 of the EC Treaty.
  • Non-discrimination is at the centre of taxpayers' claim for an exemption from the Secondary Tax on Companies in South Africa. The government plans to stop them succeeding, reveal Anne Bennett & Nola Brown of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • The EU's newest members have reacted angrily to criticism from Nicolas Sarkozy, France's finance minister, that their low corporate tax rates are unfair. Sarkozy has claimed that the EU's 10 new members' states low corporate taxes are unfairly drawing jobs and investment away from older EU members.
  • Hungary's favourable tax regime for offshore companies ends in 2005. But the country's tax system will still be attractive to international business, believe Jacques de Servigny and Orsolya Bárdosi of Gide Loyrette Nouel
  • The European Commission has approved Ireland's holding company regime, which provides for a tax exemption on chargeable gains arising from the disposal of shares, or assets related to those shares, in some subsidiaries. The regime is part of a package of measures designed to increase Ireland's attractiveness as a holding company location.
  • The UK Treasury on September 21 2004 introduced a new package of tax breaks for the film industry, replacing the so-called section 48 incentives. The UK government decided to amend the scheme after a crackdown in February on partnership schemes (often used to fund UK films) that manipulated tax relief to create claims for losses in excess of the capital at risk.
  • Domestic companies are now subject to thin-capitalization rules in Germany. Taxpayers should examine each structure before deciding whether to take steps to comply with the changes, urge Ralph Dautel, Jochen Murach and Alexander Pupeter of P+P Pöllath + Partners
  • India's Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued an instruction that will benefit Indian and UK taxpayers involved in tax disputes under the two countries' double taxation agreement (DTA).
  • Donald Korb: Handling transfer pricing
  • The European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck out again at national tax systems throughout the EU on September 7 2004, when it ruled that a Finnish man was entitled to a tax credit under Finland's tax system on the dividend he received from a foreign company.