TAX HARMONISATION LATEST
October 1st, 2001
Keith NuthallDETAILS of the European Commission's plans to reduce the contrasts between tax regimes in EU Member States have been released, with Brussels publishing its policy paper "Towards an Internal Market without Tax Obstacles."As predicted in Accountancy Age, the Commission is aiming in the long term for the creation of a consolidated tax base for businesses operating across the EU, with the report highlighting the 30 per cent variations in national company tax rates.In the short term, the Communication lists a number of steps that the Commission intends to ...
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