Outbound dividend withholding inapplicable to non-Eu funds
The Italian Supreme Court ruled that such withholding infringes Eu fundamental freedoms
With a series of ground-breaking decisions the Italian Supreme Court (decision no. 21454, 21475, 21479, 21480, 21481 and 21482 of 6 July 2022 and decision no. 21598 of 7 July 2022) ruled that Italian rules providing for withholdings to be levied on dividend distributions made by Italian companies to non-resident funds are in breach of the principle of the free movement of capital (ex Art. 63 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, also TFEU).
All the case-law at stake were triggered by refund requests submitted by German and USA funds. Throughout several fiscal years, such funds have received dividends from Italian resident companies which had suffered a 15% withholding tax in Italy pursuant to the appicable double tax treaties. However, during the fiscal years of relevance, ...
Vietata ogni riproduzione ed estrazione ex art. 70-quater della L. 633/41