42The Court has already had occasion to rule on whether Articles 59 and 60 of the EC Treaty preclude national tax legislation which as a general rule takes into account gross income when taxing nonresidents, without deducting business expenses, whereas residents are taxed on their net income, after deduction of those expenses (Gerritse, paragraph 55).
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