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Shell's Dutch zero tax rate doesn't automatically mean state aid, Vestager says

By Michael Acton ( January 9, 2019, 14:49 GMT | Insight) -- If Royal Dutch Shell pays an effective zero tax rate in the Netherlands, that doesn’t necessarily mean it has received state aid, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager has said. Responding to press reports that the company had been granted an open-ended tax ruling by Dutch tax authorities that allowed it to avoid paying corporate taxes, Vestager said that neither of these factors were enough in themselves to prove illegal state aid.If Royal Dutch Shell pays an effective zero tax rate in the Netherlands, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it has received state aid, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said....

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