Finnish Supreme Administrative Court dismissed tax loss deduction when share sale price was lower than dividend income.
Sintesi Legislator
Generato dall'IAThe Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the taxpayer's claim to deduct a loss from the sale of shares. The court found that because the sale price was lower than the dividend income received from the same companies, the loss was not deductible under the Income Tax Act. The court ruled that the loss was effectively a return of the dividend income, not a genuine economic loss, and thus could not be offset against other income.
Regesto Legislator
Generato dall'IAElinkVL 7 §; A loss from the sale of shares is not deductible if the sale price is lower than the dividend income received from the same companies, as the loss is deemed to be a return of the dividend rather than a genuine economic loss.
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Generato dall'IATesto completo
A Oy oli verovuonna ostanut kahden taseyhtiön osakekannat, nostanut taseyhtiöistä osinkoina 24.400.000 markkaa ja myynyt osakkeet edelleen 33.667.000 markkaa osakkeiden ostohintaa pienemmällä hinnalla. Verotuksen oikaisulautakunta katsoi myyntitappiosta vähennyskelvottomaksi osinkoja vastaavan osuuden ja lisäsi 24.400.000 markan määrän A Oy:n tuloon elinkeinotulon verottamisesta annetun lain 7 §:n perusteella.
Äänestys 5-3.
ElinkVL 7 §