Traduction de «Assiette d'imposition de plus en plus élargie » (Français → Anglais) :

Do the provisions of the second paragraph of Article [13] of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union preclude any account being taken, for the purposes of calculating a tax household’s notional income, of the remuneration received by an official or other servant of the European Union who is a member of that tax household, where such taking into account is capable of influencing the amount of taxation payable by that tax household? Alternatively, is it necessary to apply the judgment in Case C-229/98 Vander Zwalmen and Massart (1) by analogy, when the purpose of taking such remuneration into account, with a vie ...[+++]w to the possibility of applying a social measure designed to (a) exempt payment from tax, (b) grant a reduction in the basis of its assessment or, more generally, (c) grant a tax reduction, is only to ascertain whether or not the notional income of the tax household is less than the threshold laid down by national tax law for the grant of the benefit — possibly adjusted by reference to the notional income — of that social measure?

Relatively heavy taxation on labour appears to have been a disincentive to the creation of additional jobs, especially low skilled jobs; but broadening the tax base by getting more people in work is still the most effective way for governments to raise revenues without raising tax rates.

This heavier taxation on labour appears to have been a disincentive to the creation of additional jobs, especially low skilled jobs; but broadening the tax base by getting more people in work is still the most effective way for governments to raise revenues without raising tax rates.

At the informal Ecofin Council meeting, there were also discussions on, inter alia, the introduction of taxation assessment basis for company taxation, revealing once more that a number of Member States reject the notion or at least are very sceptical about it.

It may be considered that Home State Taxation does not provide a systematic long-term "tax solution" for the Internal Market (in the way that the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base -CCCTB - does), but its potential benefits for SMEs and consequently for the broader EU economy should not be left unexploited, particularly as it will no doubt be some years before the CCCTB is implemented. Furthermore, in case the common consolidated tax base would only be optional, it will be more attractive for bigger companies than SMEs.

26. Takes note of the mandate by the Ecofin Council to the Commission to seek out alternative sources for development financing and draws attention to the need for a more extensive debate (particularly at multilateral level) and for more thorough analysis regarding the suitability and the feasibility of the various existing proposals for alternative funding instruments, some of which have been analysed in Commission Communication COM(2002) 81 final; suggests in this context that initiatives such as a global tax on fossil fuels (which would have the dual objectives of reducing carbon emissions and raising necessary funds for development) ...[+++] be considered as the possible basis for an EU initiative on this subject to be presented at the Johannesburg Summit; calls on the Commission in the context of the requested analysis to consider the merits of instituting within the EU a "Give As You Earn (GAYE)" scheme by which each Member State would make provision in their income tax systems for taxpayers to make voluntary, tax deductible, contributions for charitable causes, a minimum amount of which (e.g. EUR 10 per taxpayer) would be paid into a special fund devoted exclusively to relieve poverty in the world's poorest countries (the so-called "Sachs tax");