Traduction de «Tax Avoidance and Legislative Recommendations Division » (Anglais → Français) :

Tax Avoidance and Foreign Operations Division

Tax Avoidance Division

advise on tax legislation | inform on tax legislation | disseminate information on tax legislation | make recommendations on tax legislation

An Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, which proposes a set of legally binding anti-avoidance measures, which all Member States should implement to shut off major areas of aggressive tax planning A Recommendation on Tax Treaties, which advises Member States how to reinforce their tax treaties against abuse by aggressive tax planners, in an EU-law compliant way A revision of the Administrative Cooperation Directive, which will introduce c ...[+++]ountry-by-country reporting between tax authorities on key tax-related information on multinationals A Communication on an External Strategy for Effective Taxation, which sets out a coordinated EU approach against external risks of tax avoidance and to promote international tax good governance The Package also contains a Chapeau Communication and Staff Working Document, which explain the political and economic rationale behind the individual measures

33. Stresses the crucial role of large accounting firms, including the ‘Big Four’, in the design and marketing of rulings and tax avoidance schemes that exploit mismatches between national legislations; stresses that those firms, which seem to derive a considerable amount of their revenue from tax services, to dominate most Member States’ auditing markets and to prevail in global tax advising services, constitute a narrow oligopoly; considers that such a situation cannot continue without damaging the functioning of the single market in the fields of activity of the ‘Big Four’; draws attention to the conflict of interest resulting from ...[+++] the juxtaposition, within the same firms, of tax advice and consulting activities intended, on the one hand, for tax administrations and, on the other, for MNCs’ tax planning services, which exploit the weaknesses of national tax laws; takes the view that good practices in this respect must be promoted and that existing codes of conduct should be improved; questions, nevertheless, the effectiveness of corporate codes of conduct and corporate social responsibility policies in tackling this issue; underlines the fact that tax rulings have become, in the EU and worldwide, a common business practice, not only in order to obtain legal certainty or advantageous tax deals, but also in cases where legislative provisions do not allow any room for interpretation; is concerned by estimations from the tax advice industry that a mere 50 % chance of being lawful is sufficient for a tax planning scheme to be recommended to clients ;

In conclusion, engaging with other jurisdictions and participating in international approaches—combined with our work to detect, deter, and address tax avoidance—and legislative action offer the best strategy to deliver value for Canadians.

6. Welcomes the publication of a new tax policy package and asks the Commission to put forward an ambitious package of legislative proposals seeking to ensure a fair taxation system, based on the principle that taxes are to be paid in the country where profits are generated, avoiding internal market distortion and unfair competition; considers that such an agenda should include legislative proposals for compulsory country-by-country reporting by multinational companies, a European Tax Identification Number (TIN), ...[+++] the definition of tax havens and the establishment of an EU blacklist with the aim of eradicating them, and proposals needed to move towards legislative agreement on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base; considers that the EU’s development and cooperation agenda should also be adapted and conditionality upgraded to effectively fight tax evasion and tax avoidance; calls on the Commission to follow up the recommendations made by Parliament in its legislative initiative report and the TAXE committee’s own-initiative report to ensure tax justice;