MCCREEVY LOW TAXATION CALL – TAX COMPETITION – KPMG
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE IRISH European Commissioner tasked with ridding the European Union (EU) of national regulations that hinder trade, has called for EU member states to have a free hand, at least as regards taxation. Declaring keen support for tax competition between the 25 EU countries, the former Fianna Fail finance minister Charlie McCreevy told a KPMG meeting in Naas, Ireland: "There are some who argue that lower taxation in one member state than in another doesn't give a level playing field. But they are dreaming if they think that by levelling up the ...
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