AB InBev Among 39 Firms Targeted as EU Probes Belgian Taxes

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV is among 39 firms targeted by fresh European Union investigations into Belgian tax deals after an earlier order to recoup about 800 million euros ($885 million) was criticized by an EU court.

The European Commission opened separate probes into so-called tax rulings that Belgium doled out to multinational companies from 2005 to 2014, it said in an emailed statement on Monday. The rulings “may have given a selective advantage” to the companies “allowing them to pay substantially less tax.”

The other companies targeted include BASF Antwerpen NV, BP Aromatics Limited NV, British American Tobacco Coordination Center VOF, ...