European Commission – Press release Brussels, 24November2011 – The European Commission has officially asked Belgium to abolish additional taxation of certain types of income from capital deriving from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and not …
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Taxation: The Commission takes Italy to Court over its VAT exemption for ships
European Commission – Press release Brussels, 24 November 2011 – The European Commission has decided to refer Italy to the Court of Justice for the VAT exemption it grants to ships. Under the VAT Directive, a VAT exemption can be granted, subject to …
Taxation: Commission refers the Netherlands to the Court of Justice over discriminatory inheritance and gift tax rules
European Commission – Press release Brussels, 24 November 2011 – The European Commission has decided to refer the Netherlands to the EU’s Court of Justice for discriminatory rules on inheritance and gift duties….
Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud "Tax reforms needed for consolidation and growth" Annual Growth Survey – Press Conference Brussels, 23 November 2011
SPEECH/11/797 Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud ” Tax reforms needed for consolidation and growth” Annual Growth Survey – Press Conference Brussels, 23 November 2011 In the coordination of fiscal poli…
Taxation: More efficient cooperation in collecting excise duties
European Commission – Press release Brussels, 14 November 2011 – New rules on administrative cooperation in the field of excise duties, which would speed up the collection of the duties and improve Member States’ controls on the revenue, have been pr…
Tackling double taxation for a stronger Single Market
European Commission – Press release Brussels, 11 November 2011 – Double taxation, and double non-taxation, contradict the very spirit of the Single Market. Yet many citizens and businesses are still suffering heavier tax burdens just because they ope…