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Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Österreich-Kroatien

1. Aufl. 2013

ISBN: 978-3-7073-2228-5

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Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Österreich-Kroatien (1. Auflage)

13. Problems with intercompany profit distributions in Croatia: EAS 2932 v.

According to Article 10 para. 2 subpara. (b) of the Austro-Croatian Double Taxation Convention cross-border intercompany profit distributions are exempted from source taxation. As a result, profits generated in the years 2001 to 2004 in a Croatian subsidiary and distributed in 2005 to its Austrian parent company are to be relieved from source taxation in Croatia.

Provided that the legal conditions of Article 10 para. 2 subpara. (b) are met the obligations imposed by this provision are absolute and unconditional. It would therefore be an infringement of the Convention if after a tax exempt profit distribution has been made in conformity with treaty law by the subsidiary the Croatian tax authority required – irrespective of the treaty rule – the payment of a 15% source tax as set out in domestic law and then refused to refund such tax on the grounds that – because of the subsequent tax payment enforced by the tax authority in disregard of the treaty provision – the distribution exceeded the distributable profits of the subsidiary.

In order to achieve compliance with treaty law the taxpayer (the Aus...

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