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French Court of Appeal Rules on Residence of Company Benefiting from Tunisian Export Exemption Under France-Tunisia Tax Treaty

16 July 2020

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Treaty Development

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France-Tunisia

A decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal of Paris was published on 30 June 2020 concerning whether a company benefiting from export incentives in Tunisia may qualify as a resident of Tunisia for the purpose of the 1973 France-Tunisia tax treaty and qualify for treaty benefits. The case involved a Tunisian export company that benefited from an incentive allowing it to deduct all foreign-source profits from their taxable result for a 10-year period. In 2013 and 2014, payments were made by a French company to the Tunisian company, for which no tax was withheld. The French company withheld no...