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Administrative Court of Helsinki disallows reclassification of a hybrid loan from a Luxembourg parent as capital contribution due to a TP adjustmen

29 July 2013

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Approved Changes

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Finland; Luxembourg

The Administrative Court of Helsinki (Helsingin hallinto-oikeus) gave its decision on 29 May 2013 in the case of 13/0844/4. Details of the decision are summarized below. (a) Facts. A Finnish company (FIN Co) paid interest on a hybrid loan taken from its parent company resident in Luxembourg (LUX Co) and owning 95.7% of the share capital in FIN Co. The Finnish tax authorities as part of the normal tax procedure made a transfer pricing (TP) adjustment and reclassified the hybrid loan as a capital contribution and subsequently disallowed the deductibility of the interest expenses. Under the loan terms, the annual...