Unilever’s Dutch exit tax liabilities may rest on CJEU decision

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Unilever’s Dutch exit tax liabilities may rest on CJEU decision

Danish Mehboob
August 24 2020
Unilever may be liable for €11 billion in exit taxes if it moves its HQ to the UK

Advisors expect the controversial Dutch proposal to levy exit taxes on corporate relocations to be challenged at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), saving Unilever a €11 billion exit tax bill.

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