Questão jurídica principal
Whether the company was to be taxed as a service company in 1998 rather than a finance company.
Decisão extraída
The company was properly qualified as a service company; its activities and omission of arm's-length remuneration showed an earnings waiver.
Fundamentação extraída
The earlier circular defined service companies as entities supervising technical or economic transactions. The company's actual activity did not change, and the absence of management fees in 1998 evidenced a taxable hidden profit distribution.