Dutch prime minister faces stormy debate over dividend tax memos

Prime minister Mark Rutte and finance minister Eric Wiebes face a stormy debate in parliament on Wednesday afternoon following the publication of memos about the new government’s controversial decision to abolish dividend tax. The memos make it clear that finance ministry officials felt abolishing the tax on foreign shareholders ‘did not play a major role’ in the Netherlands attractiveness as a place to do business, as argued strongly by the cabinet. In addition, it would be be ‘bad for the...