Japan: cross-border merger taxation
March 13, 2012 in BNA's International Tax Centre
By Shimon Takagi, White & Case LLP, Tokyo
As the world economy has become more integrated, global M&A has become an important strategic option for multinational corporations. Japan introduced qualified triangular mergers, qualified triangular stock exchanges and qualified triangular stock transfers (“qualified triangular mergers, etc.”) in 2007 with anticipation of more investments into Japan by foreign corporations.
The most well-known case is the 2008 Nikko Cordial Corporation and Citibank triangular stock transfer, where a US bank acquired a Japanese securities brokerage house without paying cash. After sub-prime issues and with excessive liquidity in China, Chinese companies acquired several Japanese companies using triangular mergers to make them wholly owned subsidiaries of Chinese-controlled companies. …
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