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Nine member states call for FTT to be introduced as soon as possible. The finance ministers of nine eurozone governments have called for a tax on financial transactions to be...

Growth is back on the agenda. But are EU leaders serious about tax reform as well. While the eurozone debt crisis dragged on through 2011, much other

Impact assessment paints positive picture of financial tax. The European Commission is to increase the pressure on EU member states to accept proposals for a financial...

European Court of Auditors reports says that incorrect levels of VAT are paid on goods imported into the EU. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) said today that member...

A financial transaction tax will increase the cost of capital for business and reduce investment. In his letter on a financial transaction tax (FTT), Sony Kapoor argues for...

A thriving financial-services industry generates benefits for every member state. When Europe's politicians sit down to consider the European Commission's proposals regarding...

The choice is not between an FTT and no FTT, but between FTTs and increases to other taxes. The UK's supposed concern over London losing business if an EU-wide tax is...

European Commission wants to increase the share of the EU's finances that come from 'own resources'. An EU-wide financial transactions tax could generate €30 billion a...

Concerns focus on the impact on competitiveness and on the costs to business The EU concept of a single corporate-tax system has run into objections from eight countries,...

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,...

An ambitious proposal on financing the EU will struggle to win support in the face of harsh economic realities. The long-heralded proposal from three European Parliament...

The EU should implement a financial transaction tax. A year ago, you published a letter entitled “A tax for our times” by Jeffrey Sachs and other academics (18-24...

Can Ireland continue as a low-tax country? Ireland has some of the lowest corporation tax rates in the EU, which, in the good times, had multinational companies flocking to...

Taxation and national statistics also on agenda. EU finance ministers will approve legislation creating a new regulatory framework for financial markets when they meet in...

The timing of the Commission's document on reforming the way the EU is financed after 2013 could hardly have been worse. In politics, timing is everything. For José...

Finance ministers will focus on tax evasion and global reform measures. EU finance ministers will meet in Luxembourg on Monday (19 October) for talks focused on taxes on...

Two taxation optionson the agenda but member states are divided over how to take action. The EU's finance ministers will meet in Brussels on 7 September to reconcile...

Member states criticised for not implementing refund procedure. Businesses have sharply criticised EU member states for failing to act on an emergency proposal concerning...

Online system criticised by business groups. An EU-wide online system for filing requests for value-added tax (VAT) refunds is not working properly more than six months...

Trying to tax the dead. Eurosceptics have long warned that the powers of the European Union intrude too far into people's lives. But can they also reach beyond the grave?