http://www.eubusiness.com <p><strong>Latest news from the European Union about EU taxation policy.</strong></p><p>The European Commission in its Communication of 23 May 2001 on "Tax policy in the European Union - Priorities for the years ahead" reiterated its belief that there is no need for an across the board harmonisation of EU Member States' tax systems. Provided that they respect Community rules, Member States are free to choose the tax systems that they consider most appropriate and according to their preferences.</p> daily 1 2007-05-15T13:08:33Z http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.f1c French Finance Minister Francois Baroin signalled Tuesday that nine eurozone governments are ready to press ahead with the introduction of a Paris-inspired financial transactions tax. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. eurozone debt FTT tax France Headline2 Finance 2012-02-08T13:43:29Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-regulate.f13 UN trade and development chief Supachai Panitchpakdi on Tuesday defended the introduction of a European financial transaction tax. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. banking regulate tax finance 2012-02-07T18:02:38Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.f06 The Dutch central bank said Monday it opposed plans for a financial transaction tax in the EU as it will cost banks, pension funds and insurers in the Netherlands billions of euros and discourage growth. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Netherlands Finance tax banking debt public 2012-02-06T18:16:35Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-vote-economy.euw French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday announced plans to introduce a 0.1 per cent tax on financial transactions to come into effect from August this year in France. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. tax France Sarkozy vote Headline1 economy 2012-01-30T12:47:23Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/davos-economy-meet.etf The European Commission on Thursday shot down figures cited by Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron to argue against a planned financial transaction tax. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Davos tax Commission Britain economy 2012-01-26T15:31:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/court-britain-tax.eta The European Commission said Thursday it is taking Britain to court over changes to rules governing the return of overpaid taxes. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. tax Britain court 2012-01-26T15:23:21Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/davos-economy-meet.et0 The European Union's plan for a financial transaction tax is "simply madness", Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Davos tax Britain meet economy 2012-01-26T12:59:05Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-tax.esq European leaders will use a summit next week to urge a "shift" in taxation to make it cheaper for employers to hire workers, a draft agreement showed Wednesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. summit tax 2012-01-25T20:07:55Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.erl Denmark backs a global financial transaction tax, and fears that limiting one to Europe could hamper economic and job growth, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance Denmark tax debt public 2012-01-24T16:13:51Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.eo2 Germany on Friday pushed for quick decisions to be made on a mooted tax on financial transactions amid British fears that such a levy could drive away business from Europe. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance Headline tax France Germany debt public 2012-01-20T14:47:59Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.elt Germany and France are pushing the European Union to speed up tax coordination efforts, despite British and Irish opposition, and will soon make proposals to harmonise their corporate tax rates. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance tax France Germany debt public 2012-01-18T11:53:42Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.ejx As Europe debates whether to apply a tax on financial transactions, a former Swedish finance minister says Sweden's experience in the 1980s was so negative it repealed the tax as plunging trading volumes led to disappointing tax revenues. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance tax FOCUS Sweden debt public 2012-01-15T17:18:38Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.egq The Danish EU presidency rejected Tuesday a bid to tax financial transactions across the bloc, and also cautioned against the eurozone imposing the tax on its own, as suggested by Paris and Berlin. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance Headline Denmark tax debt 2012-01-10T13:14:20Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.egk German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ailing junior coalition partners baulked Tuesday at her openness to a tax on financial transactions applied only to the eurozone and not the EU as a whole. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance tax France Germany debt public 2012-01-10T10:21:17Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.efr Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Sunday rejected talk of a euro crisis and said Rome was open to the idea of a tax on financial transactions championed by France -- but only if the measure was part of an EU-wide effort. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance public debt tax France Italy 2012-01-08T22:07:02Z News Item