Barcelona (EFE).- CaixaBank will appeal the extraordinary tax on banks promoted by the Spanish Government.
This is what various media outlets are advancing on Tuesday and financial sources have confirmed to Efe, which specify that among the arguments that will be put forward are double taxation and the distortion of competition that said tax entails.
The circumstance occurs that the State is precisely the second shareholder of the bank, behind Criteria.
According to the records of the CNMV, Criteria has 30% of the shareholding, for 16% of the State, although these participations are not updated, since with the repurchase and redemption plan of its own shares recently completed by CaixaBank, the investment arm of La Caixa Foundation will exceed 32% and the State will exceed 17%.
CaixaBank sources have declined to comment on what actions the entity could carry out regarding the extraordinary tax on banks.
In any case, in recent months the entity has already made it clear that it was considering appealing the tax, which it said would cost 400 million euros this year.