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State aid: Commission opens formal investigation into Luxembourg's tax treatment of McDonald's

EU News 364/2015

Brussels, 3 December 2015
IP/15/6221

The Commission has opened a formal probe into Luxembourg's tax treatment of McDonald's. Its preliminary view is that a tax ruling granted by Luxembourg may have granted McDonald's an advantageous tax treatment in breach of EU State aid rules.

In particular, the Commission will assess whether Luxembourg authorities selectively derogated from the provisions of their national tax law and the Luxembourg-US Double Taxation Treaty and thereby gave McDonald's an advantage not available to other companies in a comparable factual and legal situation.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6221_en.htm?locale=en