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European Court of Justice says proposed changes constitute unlawful state aid. The European Court of Justice today (15 November) ruled that proposed changes to Gibraltar's...

Commission prepared to get tough over banking deals. Algirdas Semeta, the European commissioner for taxation, has signalled a tough stance on bilateral tax deals that Germany...

Little evidence that more government control leads to improved safety. At first glance, more stringent regulation of offshore drilling would seem an appropriate way of...

France and Germany push for tax on dealing but there is concern over driving investors away from the EU. With turmoil persisting in the eurozone, France and Germany are...

Agreement could have impact on EU-level discussions on savings tax. The European Commission is to examine a bilateral agreement between the UK and Switzerland on the taxing...

In praise of a financial-transactions tax. For the past year and more, the possibility of a financial-transactions tax (FTT) has been the subject of discussion and...

Ireland raises the most significant objections to the proposal. Member states and officials from Hungary, which holds the rotating presidency of the Council of Ministers,...

Luxembourg and Austria aim to maintain secrecy but Hungary seeks to strike deal on tax in May. EU finance ministers will later this month discuss widening co-operation on...

Draft directive aims to tackle tax evasion. EU finance ministers have agreed plans to share tax information in a bid to crack down on tax evasion and fraud.

Commission's plan faces strong opposition. The European Commission's plans to get all member states to set up ‘resolution funds' to deal with banks in financial...

Differing fuel-tax rates are damaging Europe's economy and its efforts to curb climate change. In mid-June, your front-page story declared “Commission to relaunch talks on...

EU leaders agree to call on the G20 to introduce a bank levy and transaction tax, but remain divided on acting alone. EU leaders today agreed to push for a global agreement...

EU agrees to deeper co-operation against tax evaders, but remains unable to agree on efforts to identify suspected tax evasion. EU finance ministers today reached agreement...

Disagreements between member states put changes at risk. The combined efforts of the European Commission and Sweden, which holds the presidency of the Council of Ministers,...

Luxembourg and Austria threaten to block legislation. Luxembourg and Austria are threatening to block legislation that would require EU member states to increase their...

Austria and Luxembourg accused of blocking agreements as a way to avoid having to share tax information. The European Commission has criticised Austria and Luxembourg for...

Luxembourg and Austria say EU deal is unfair. Austria and Luxembourg are blocking adoption of an EU anti-fraud agreement with Liechtenstein, because of concerns that their...

Austria is far readier to prevent tax evasion than the G20 appears to be. This April, the G20 decided to launch an attack on ‘tax havens'. At their London summit, they...

Austria only EU member state on OECD list; remaining countries have agreed to share information. Luxembourg and Belgium have both been removed from an international ‘grey...

Firms may have to move to secure an EIB loan; new policy is part of crackdown on tax havens. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is expected in July to tighten its rules on...