PUBLIC SERVICE TAX DEBTS ECJ CASE
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ACCOUNTING clients working for public sector organisations within the European Union (EU) can legitimately have their contracts blocked if they are behind in tax or social security payments, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. In an Italian case, which as usual will be a precedent across the EU, judges ruled such national or local government bans complied with the European public services directive.
However, the ECJ said this law permitted national governments some leeway to set national rules on the deadlines for tax or social ...
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