Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 28 February 2013

Manfred Beker and Christa Beker v Finanzamt Heilbronn

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof

Free movement of capital — Income tax — Income from capital — Convention for the avoidance of double taxation — Dividends distributed by companies established in Member States and third countries — Calculation of the maximum amount of foreign withholding tax deductible against national income tax — Failure to take account of personal and lifestyle costs — Justification

Case C‑168/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
05/04/2013 Beker
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:117
28/02/2013 Beker
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:117
28/02/2013 Beker
Application (OJ)
01/07/2011 Beker
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2012:452
12/07/2012 Beker
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.05 Free movement of capital and freedom of payments
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.05 Free movement of capital and freedom of payments


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 06/04/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 12/07/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

28/02/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 211 from 16.07.2011, p.10

Judgment: OJ C 114 from 20.04.2013, p.9

Name of the parties

Beker

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Jackson, Randall: Foreign Tax Offsets Calculation Must Include Deductions, ECJ Says, Tax Notes International 2013 p.915-916 (EN)
  2. Gazin, Fabienne: Double imposition. La Cour critique les modalités de calcul du plafond d'un crédit d'impôt accordé par l'Allemagne aux contribuables ayant obtenu leurs revenus à l'étranger, en vue de limiter la double imposition juridique, Europe 2013 Avril Comm. nº 4 p.29 (FR)
  3. Strunz, Eva: Personen- und familienbezogene Abzüge sind bei Berechnung des Anrechnungshöchstbetrages zu berücksichtigen, European Law Reporter 2013 p.67-68 (DE)
  4. Paternotte, Rens: Highlights & Insights on European Taxation 2013 nº 5 p.32-34 (EN)
  5. Wölfert, Jessica ; Quinten, Roland ; Schiefer, Florian: Auswirkungen des EuGH-Urteils in der Rs. Beker auf die Investmentbesteuerung, Betriebs-Berater 2013 p.2076-2081 (DE)
  6. Bernardeau, Ludovic ; Peiffert, Olivier: Jurisprudence de la CJUE : fiscalité directe (janv./juin 2013). Fiscalité des dividendes, Revue de droit fiscal 2013 p.30-32 (FR)
  7. Bernardeau, Ludovic ; Peiffert, Olivier: Jurisprudence de la CJUE : fiscalité directe (janv./juin 2013). Justifications, Revue de droit fiscal 2013 p.34-35 (FR)
  8. O'Shea, Tom: Germany's Tax Credit Rules Successfully Challenged Before the ECJ, Tax Notes International 2014 p.427-430 (EN)
  9. Bachmann, Carmen ; Richter, Konrad: Anrechnungshöchstbetrag bel der Erbschaft- und Schenkungsteuer: Ist die Rechtsprechung von EuGH und BFH zur Unionsrechtswidrigkeit von § 34c Abs. 1 S. 2 EStG auf § 21 Abs. i S. 2 ErbStG übertragbar?, Finanz-Rundschau Ertragsteuerrecht 2014 p.829-835 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesfinanzhof - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Free movement of capital

Provisions of national law referred to

Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Deutschland-Niederlande (DBA Niederlande), Art. 20, Abs. 2, i.V.m. Art. 13 Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Deutschland-Schweiz 1971/1989 (DBA Schweiz 1971/1989), Art. 24, Abs. 1, Nr. 2, i.V.m. Art. 10 Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Deutschland-Frankreich (DBA Frankreich), Art. 20, Abs. 1, Buchst. C, Satz 1, i.V.m. Art. 9 Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Deutschland-Luxemburg (DBA Luxemburg), Art. 20 Abs. 3 i.V.m. Art. 13 Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Deutschland-Japan (DBA Japan), Art. 23, Buchst. B, i.V.m. Art. 10 Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Deutschland-USA 1989 (DBA USA 1989), Art. 23, Abs. 3, i.V.m. Art. 10

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Rosas

Advocate General

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Italian