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Nike’s tax deals investigated by EU Commission

by Purvai Dua
10th Jan 19 1:13 pm

The European Commission has opened an investigation into Nike’s tax arrangements in the Netherlands, claiming that they may have given the sportswear giant an unfair advantage.

The commission said that Dutch authorities had issued five tax rulings from 2006 to 2015, two of which are still in force, endorsing a method to calculate the royalty to two Nike entities based in the Netherlands.

Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition commissioner, announced the probe today as she criticized nations for allowing companies to set up complex structures “that unduly reduce their taxable profits and give them an unfair advantage.”

Vestager added: “Member states should not allow companies to set up complex structures that unduly reduce their taxable profits and give them an unfair advantage over competitors.”

The Dutch government said that it would cooperate with the investigation.

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