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Netherlands Supreme Court decides that Dutch thin capitalization provisions in the case of financing companies are not incompatible with ICCPR and ECHR

|Approved Changes|Netherlands; European Union
Netherlands; European Union

On 29 June 2012, the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden) gave its decision in X BV. v. the Tax Administration (Case No. 11/00482) concerning the calculation of the non-deductible interest under the Dutch thin capitalization rules. Details of the case are summarized below.


(a) Facts. The activities of X BV (the Taxpayer) consist of borrowing money and the holding and…

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