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Danish Government proposes new rules to align dividend taxation with EU law

06 May 2021

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Denmark, European Union

Executive summaryOn 14 April 2021, the Danish Government introduced Bill No. L 211 (the Bill) before Parliament to align Danish taxation of dividends paid to nonresidents with European Union (EU) law.Under the Bill:Danish resident investment institutes classified as Investment Institutes with minimum taxation for Danish tax purposes will be subject to a 15% withholding tax on dividends from Danish companies. The bill is based on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)in case C- 480/16, Fidelity Funds, that precluded a Member State’s tax regime from providing preferential tax treatment to resident Undertakings for the Collective...