Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1250

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Profits of companies in which other companies hold shares. Income belonging to the company subject to tax, and income for shareholders after distribution. Tax on these profits. Preventing double taxation by treating entities holding shares in other entities as their partners. The effect thereof. Each is liable only for the tax due on its share. Decree-Law 3/1955. Its absence of a provision imposing liability on each of the two entities for tax on the entire profit or imposing joint and several liability.
Arabic original
أرباح الشركات التي تساهم فيها شركات أخرى. دخل خاص للشركة يخضع للضريبة ودخل للمساهمين بعد توزيعها. الضريبة على هذه الأرباح. منع ازدواجها باعتبار الهيئات المساهمة في هيئات أخرى شريكة لها. أثر ذلك. لا تُسأل كل منها إلا عن الضريبة المستحقة على حصتها. المرسوم بق ٣/١٩٥٥. خلوه من نص بإلتزام كل من الهيئتين عن الضريبة عن كامل الربح أو بالتضامن.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠٣/٨٤ تجاري جلسة ١٧/٧/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الأول ص ٤٨٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 238. PDF pages: 238.

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