Tag: company statute

At an EU conference on company taxation on 29-30 April, EU Actors gave considerable support to the Commission's proposal that companies should ultimately be allowed to use a single consolidated tax base for their EU-wide business activities.

A new study published by CEPS (the Centre for European Policy Studies) proposes a Corporate Tax Action Plan as a means of achieving corporate tax reform in the EU.

At the end of April, the Commission is inviting tax experts, national officials, and other stakeholders to debate its Communication on a strategy for a consolidated corporate tax base for companies operating in the EU.

The new President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, has decided not to challenge the legal basis used to adopt the European Company Statute. The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament had recommended to take the Council to Court on this matter, after its decision on 8 October to choose article 308 of the Treaty as the legal basis of this statute.

The long-awaited EU legislation on the European Company Statute will get its second reading in the European Parliament on Monday 3 September. MEPs are expected to challenge the legal basis of the Commission's proposals and call for fiscal coordination to counter unfair tax discrimination.