Advocate General Kokott issued her non-binding opinion in the Manninen case (C-319/02) on March 18 2004 regarding the compatibility of the Finnish tax credit system with the EC Treaty. In Finland, economic double taxation of corporate profits is avoided by crediting corporate income tax paid by the company against the income tax payable by the individual on the dividend received. The credit is denied, however, if the company distributing the dividend is not a resident of Finland.
May 31 2004