The European Commission (EC) has formally requested that the Belgian Government alter its legislation regarding taxation of interest and dividends received by foreign investment funds. On January 28th the EC placed an official request to the Belgium Government to address its tax treatment of dividends and interest distributions to foreign owned investment funds, as it claims the current treatment is discriminatory and restricts the freedoms mandated by the Treaty of the European Union. Under current legislation, distributions made by a Belgian company to ... Read More