In June 2011 the government published their view of EU law which suggested that Cadbury-Schweppes was not the last word from the CJEU on the topic and that the subsequent transfer pricing cases of Thin Cap GLO and SGI had evolved a principle capable of more general application. As such, the proposed new CFC rules do not appear to be limited to ‘wholly artificial arrangements’ as Cadbury-Schweppes and Vodafone 2 suggest they need to be, particularly in the way they deal with finance income and, as such, they may be susceptible to challenge under EU law.
In June 2011 the government published their view of EU law which suggested that Cadbury-Schweppes was not the last word from the CJEU on the topic and that the subsequent transfer pricing cases of Thin Cap GLO and SGI had evolved a principle capable of more general application. As such, the proposed new CFC rules do not appear to be limited to ‘wholly artificial arrangements’ as Cadbury-Schweppes and Vodafone 2 suggest they need to be, particularly in the way they deal with finance income and, as such, they may be susceptible to challenge under EU law.