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Spanish National Court Issues Decision on Capital Gains Tax Exemption for Companies in EEA Countries Outside the EU

02 June 2023

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Spain

A decision of the Spanish National Court was published on 24 May 2023 on whether an Icelandic frozen fish company, Icelandic Group EHF (Icelandic), qualified for a tax exemption on capital gains from the sale of its wholly-owned Spanish subsidiary. The subsidiary was sold to an unrelated Icelandic company, Solo Seafood EHF, in 2016. In January 2017, Icelandic declared the capital gain and self-assessed the Non-Resident Income Tax due, which amounted to approximately EUR 2.5 million. However, in March 2017, Icelandic claimed a refund of the Non-Resident Income Tax considering the exemption provided by Article 14(1)(c) of the Non-Resident Income...