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Belgium tells EU judges it didn’t hand multinationals illegal tax breaks (update*)

By Nicholas Hirst ( February 8, 2023, 18:32 GMT | Insight) -- The Belgian government was back in court today to ask EU judges to overturn a European Commission decision forcing it to claw back tax breaks from 35 multinational companies amounting to more than 700 million euros. EU state aid regulators had failed to prove that the companies enjoyed an advantage over smaller rivals and their understanding of the country's tax law had been strewn with errors, it claimed.*The Belgian government was back in court today to ask EU judges to overturn a European Commission decision forcing it to claw back tax breaks from 35 multinational companies amounting to more than 700 million euros ($750 million)....

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