Vodafone, Tesco Lose EU Court Clash With Hungary Over Taxes

  • Vodafone, Tesco units challenged use of progressive tax rate
  • EU court adviser last year said disputed system wasn’t illegal

A pedestrian passes a Vodafone Group Plc communications store in Budapest.

Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg

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The European Union’s highest court said a system in Hungary that levied a progressive tax on phone companies and retailers including Vodafone Group Plc and Tesco Plc was in line with EU law.