Traduction de «national tax » (Anglais → Français) :

The Commission will assess in particular whether Luxembourg tax authorities selectively derogated from provisions of national tax law in tax rulings issued to GDF Suez.

M. whereas some Member States adopt an ambivalent position regarding tax avoidance, complaining on the one hand about their national tax base erosion while at the same time being responsible for the design of the current national and international tax systems which made it possible, and still impeding any development of their tax systems towards a more coordinated solution; whereas, in a framework of full capital mobility within the EU and with the Commission’s stated aim of introducing a Capital Markets Union, the interdependence and mutual effects of national tax systems and revenue should be fully taken into account, bearing in mind ...[+++] the extensive positive and negative cross-border spillovers from individual Member States’ tax decisions, since one country’s tax incentive is another’s base erosion;

M. whereas some Member States adopt an ambivalent position regarding tax avoidance, complaining on the one hand about their national tax base erosion while at the same time being responsible for the design of the current national and international tax systems which made it possible, and still impeding any development of their tax systems towards a more coordinated solution; whereas, in a framework of full capital mobility within the EU and with the Commission’s stated aim of introducing a Capital Markets Union, the interdependence and mutual effects of national tax systems and revenue should be fully taken into account, bearing in mind ...[+++]the extensive positive and negative cross-border spillovers from individual Member States’ tax decisions, since one country’s tax incentive is another’s base erosion;

5. Stresses that the Treaty, in line with the subsidiarity principle, allows Member States to determine their own corporate tax rates and tax base until stronger tax convergence measures have been agreed in line with the Treaty; stresses also, however, that the over-complex rules of national tax systems, together with the differences between these systems, create loopholes that are used by MNCs for aggressive tax planning purposes, thus leading to base erosion, profit shifting, a race to the bottom and, ultimately, a suboptimal economic outcome; underlines the fact that this kind of tax avoidance is a negative-sum game for all national ...[+++] budgets taken together, as the increases in tax revenues resulting from harmful practices in one Member State (thanks to derogations, specific deductions or loopholes) do not compensate for the reductions in tax revenues in others; points out that only a more coordinated, joint approach by Member States, which should result in a common framework within which Member States set their tax rates, can prevent further base erosion, harmful tax competition and a tax rate race to the bottom;

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 h ...[+++]and, 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 ;

5. Stresses that the Treaty, in line with the subsidiarity principle, allows Member States to determine their own corporate tax rates and tax base until stronger tax convergence measures have been agreed in line with the Treaty; stresses also, however, that the over-complex rules of national tax systems, together with the differences between these systems, create loopholes that are used by MNCs for aggressive tax planning purposes, thus leading to base erosion, profit shifting, a race to the bottom and, ultimately, a suboptimal economic outcome; underlines the fact that this kind of tax avoidance is a negative-sum game for all national ...[+++] budgets taken together, as the increases in tax revenues resulting from harmful practices in one Member State (thanks to derogations, specific deductions or loopholes) do not compensate for the reductions in tax revenues in others; points out that only a more coordinated, joint approach by Member States, which should result in a common framework within which Member States set their tax rates, can prevent further base erosion, harmful tax competition and a tax rate race to the bottom;