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Authors: Sören Vandeweyer, Abdelmajid Roughou

Interest incurred to finance dividend or capital decrease can be tax deductible

The tax deductibility of interest on a loan to finance a capital decrease or a dividend distribution to its parent company has been a hot topic in Belgian tax law for many years. The Court of Appeal of Ghent has recently confirmed that the interest is tax deductible as there was sufficient proof that by contracting the loan the taxpayer avoided a sale of its income-generating assets.