DUTCH GOVERNMENT PRESSURED TO TAX STATE CORPORATIONS
June 1st, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Commission has told the Dutch government it should stop exempting state-owned businesses from corporate taxation. Many Dutch government-owned corporations benefit including the Port of Rotterdam, Holland Casino, Maastricht airport and the Bank of Industry LIOF. The Commission claims this could break EU state aid rules designed to prevent governments giving unfair advantages to local companies in the EU single market: “Exempting certain companies merely because they are publicly owned gives them a competitive advantage which cannot be justified.” ...
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