OS ECJ-TF 4/2017 on the Decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 9 February 2017 in X (Case C-283/15) ('Pro-Rata Personal Deductions'), Concerning Personal and Family Tax Benefits in Multi-State Situations

European Taxation, vol. 58, n. 4 (2018)

12 Pages Posted: 20 Aug 2020 Last revised: 17 Oct 2020

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João Félix Pinto Nogueira

International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation; Law School - Catholic University of Portugal (UCP); University of Cape Town (UCT)

Francisco Alfredo Garcia Prats

Universitat de València

Werner C. Haslehner

Universite du Luxembourg

Volker Heydt

Independent

Eric Kemmeren

Fiscal Institute Tilburg

Georg Kofler

Vienna University of Economics and Business - Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law

Michael Lang

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Jürgen Lüdicke

PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP - PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH

Pasquale Pistone

International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD); Vienna University of Economics and Business

Stella Raventos-Calvo

Asociación Española de Asesores Fiscales (AEDAF)

Emmanuel Raingeard de la Blétière

Independent

Isabelle Richelle

Independent

Alexander Rust

Independent

Rupert Shiers

Independent

Date Written: February 22, 2018

Abstract

This article deals with the decision taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union in X (Case C-283/15), on 9 February 2017. In general terms, the Court followed the Opinion of Advocate General Wathelet of 7 September 2016.

The case concerned tax legislation permitting the deduction of "negative income" relating to a dwelling. The issue was whether the fundamental freedoms must be interpreted as precluding a Member State from refusing the benefit of that deduction in respect of a self-employed non-resident in circumstances in which that person receives 60% of his total income within that Member State, and 40% within a non-Member State. Therefore, he does not receive income that enables him to qualify for an equivalent right to deduct within the Member State where his dwelling is located.

Having recognized that the freedom of establishment applies to the case, the First Chamber confirmed the right of that person to a deduction of "negative income" relating to his dwelling. Subsequently, it held that a self-employed person can claim an equivalent right of deduction in any Member State of activity within which that person receives income, in proportion to the share of that income received within each Member State of activity.

A "Member State of activity" is any Member State that has the power to tax such income from the activities of a non-resident as is received within its territory, irrespective of where the activities are actually performed.

Finally, the Court stated that the fact that the non-resident taxpayer concerned receives part of his taxable income within a third country rather than a Member State is not relevant.

Keywords: Taxation, Tax law, European taxation

JEL Classification: K33, K34, F13, E62, D78, E62, F02, F23, F42, H20, H22, H23, H25, H26, H87, O19, O23, O24

Suggested Citation

Pinto Nogueira, João Félix and Garcia Prats, Francisco Alfredo and Haslehner, Werner Christof and Heydt, Volker and Kemmeren, Eric and Kofler, Georg and Lang, Michael and Lüdicke, Jürgen and Pistone, Pasquale and Raventos-Calvo, Stella and Raingeard de la Blétière, Emmanuel and Richelle, Isabelle and Rust, Alexander and Shiers, Rupert, OS ECJ-TF 4/2017 on the Decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 9 February 2017 in X (Case C-283/15) ('Pro-Rata Personal Deductions'), Concerning Personal and Family Tax Benefits in Multi-State Situations (February 22, 2018). European Taxation, vol. 58, n. 4 (2018) , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3644373 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3644373

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Michael Lang

Vienna University of Economics and Business ( email )

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Stella Raventos-Calvo

Asociación Española de Asesores Fiscales (AEDAF) ( email )

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Isabelle Richelle

Independent

Alexander Rust

Independent

Rupert Shiers

Independent

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