The plenary of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Forum on BEPS sealed the final text of the international corporate tax reform today, 8 October. MEP Sven Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group commented: “A global minimum tax is an important step forward against tax dumping. A decades-long blockade in international tax policy has […]
Global minimum tax: agreement is significant progress, but doesn’t bring us to the finish line
Agreement on international corporate tax reform is imminent. Tomorrow, 8 October, the plenary meeting of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Forum on BEPS will take place. The OECD Inclusive Framework is expected to seal the final text tomorrow. This agreement is then expected to be endorsed by G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on 13 October […]
Ambitious global minimum tax threatened by weakened wording to cap tax rate at 15 per cent
According to media reports, Ireland has been able to push through a far-reaching concession in the negotiations on the global corporate tax reform: The wording of the planned global minimum tax for companies is to be weakened at a crucial point. Until now, the plans of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS had referred to […]
Upside-down world at the EU finance ministers’ meeting: After PandoraPapers, EU tax havens list gets slashed
At today’s meeting of EU Economic and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN), a decision was made on the EU list of tax havens. Despite the biggest tax leak ever, the PandoraPapers, the list was shortened. The Caribbean islands of Anguilla and Dominica as well as Seychelles were removed from the list. Now there are only nine countries […]
Grotesque EU tax policy: while PandoraPapers show flourishing tax havens, EU finance ministers cut EU tax haven list
Tomorrow, 5 October, the decision on the new EU list of tax havens will be on the agenda of the meeting of the economy and finance ministers of the 27 EU member states. It has already become known that the list will be shortened: Anguila, the Seychelles and Dominica are to be removed from the […]
Invite: “Social Economy as an Industrial Ecosystem – A catalyst to Build Back Better & Fairer” – 7/10, in San Sebastian & Online
Dear friends, dear interested, It is now only weeks until the long-awaited release of the European Action Plan for the Social Economy by the European Commission on 8th December. One key point in the action plan will be how we as the European Union can support the Social Economy ecosystem as a whole to become […]