Negative harmonisation: The EC, goodwill and state aid

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Negative harmonisation: The EC, goodwill and state aid

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In the last quarter of 2007, the European Commission notified Spain of its decision to open a formal investigation procedure under article 88(2) of the EC Treaty concerning the tax regime for the amortisation of financial goodwill. Jose Maria Garcia-Valdecasas Alloza, partner of Balaguer – Morera & Asociados and associate lecturer at the University of Barcelona, explores the EC’s “negative tax harmonisation”

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