Update - European Commission Investigation into Alleged State Aid Provided by the Netherlands to Starbucks
The European Commission has released a public version of a 11 June 2014 letter sent to the Dutch government stating its preliminary view that an advanced pricing agreement (APA) entered into by the Netherlands with Dutch resident Starbucks Manufacturing EMEA BV (SMBV) may have resulted in illegal state aid. The SMBV APA is based on an agreement from 12 April 2001 between the Dutch tax authoriti…
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