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Danish High Court issues rulings on beneficial ownership

14 May 2021

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Tax Alerts, Legislation & Policy, Na...

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Denmark, European Union

Executive summaryOn 26 February 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on several cases regarding the Danish withholding tax regime with respect to dividends and interest paid by Danish companies to companies in other European Union (EU) Member States.1 These cases were submitted to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling by the Danish high courts. The underlying issue in the cases was whether dividend and interest payments were exempt from withholding tax when the payments were made from a Danish company to a company resident within the EU, which then fully or partially made payments to an...