ECJ Case Law on Corporate Exit Taxation: From National Grid Indus to DMC: What Is the Current State of Law?

Abstract:

With a series of cases already decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the corporate exit taxation and many opinions written in the literature on different aspects of this line of case law, this article aims to address the development of the reasoning of the Court of Justice and systematize the current state of law on corporate exit taxation taking into account the most recent judgment in DMC and determine how the Member States should design their national legislation to bring it in line with the case law of the Court.