EU launches in-depth probes into Belgian tax benefits for 39 companies
Reuters
Published Sep 16, 2019 11:31
EU launches in-depth probes into Belgian tax benefits for 39 companies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Monday it had opened separate in-depth investigations into tax rulings granted by Belgium to 39 multinational companies to determine whether these amounted to illegal state aid.
The Commission, which oversees competition policy in the European Union, ordered Belgian in 2016 to recover some 700 million euros ($774 million) from the companies, but that decision was struck down by an EU court in February.
The court found that the Commission had wrongly considered the Belgian "excess profit" tax exemptions constituted a scheme, prompting the Commission to relaunch its proceedings, but treating the rulings for each company separately.
The companies include brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev and subsidiaries of BASF (DE:BASFn), BP (L:BP), British American Tobacco (L:BATS), Henkel (DE:HNKG_p), Bridgestone (T:5108) and Atlas Copco (ST:ATCOa).
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