Tax policy, including the fight against tax fraud, has become a hot topic over the past decade due to journalistic investigations such as LuxLeaks, the Panama Papers, Football Leaks, Bahamas Leaks and the Paradise Papers, which revealed tax leaks and tax havens. The latest finacial data-leak revealed by the media is Pandora papers.

During October II plenary MEPs voted for a resolution on Pandora papers, where they identified what they see as the most urgent measures the EU needs to take to close loopholes that currently allow for tax avoidance, money laundering and tax evasion on a massive scale. They also called for legal action to be taken by the Commission against EU countries that do not properly execute existing laws. MEPs reserved particular criticism for present and former prime ministers and ministers of EU member states whose activities were revealed by the Pandora Papers.

Tax policy has remained EU countries' own responsibility since the EU’s beginning, but the fight against tax fraud is shared by EU countries and the EU.

In November MEPs gave their final green light to new rules obliging big multinationals to publicly declare the taxes they pay in each EU country, in order to undermine tax avoidance. Multinationals and their subsidiaries with annual revenues over €750 million - and which are active in more than one EU country - will now have to publish the amount of tax they pay in each member state. This information will also need to be made publically available on the internet, using a common template and in a machine-readable format.

Since September 2020, the Parliament has had a permanent sub-committee on tax matters. The committee was established to assist the economic and monetary affairs committee with taxation issues and deals with the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance, as well as financial transparency in taxation.

Fight against tax avoidance

Antonio TAJANI - EP President speaks about Taxation of digital economy, in the EP in Brussels

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax  Council and Commission statements

Commissioner Algirdas SEMETA in charge of Taxation, Customs, Statistics, Audit and Anti-Fraud

Plenary session week 6 2014 - Implementation of Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

Parliament, Council and Commission negotiators will try to agree on new EU rules requiring multinational companies to disclose the amount of tax they pay in each EU country, the so-called country-by-country reporting. These new rules will provide the public and tax authorities with more transparency on what – and where - taxes are being paid. Arrivals, roundtable and statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL (S&D, ES), co-rapporteurs.

Tax transparency trilogue: arrivals, roundtable and statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL (S&D, ES), co-rapporteurs

Parliament, Council and Commission negotiators agreed on new EU rules requiring multinational companies to disclose the amount of tax they pay in each EU country, the so-called country-by-country reporting. These new rules will provide the public and tax authorities with more transparency on what – and where - taxes are being paid. final statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES), co-rapporteurs and by Pedro LOURTIE, Portuguese Presidency Representative.

Transparency trilogue: final statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES), co-rapporteurs, and Pedro LOURTIE, Portuguese Presidency Representative

Parliament, Council and Commission negotiators discuss to agree on new EU rules requiring multinational companies to disclose the amount of tax they pay in each EU country, the so-called country-by-country reporting. These new rules will provide the public and tax authorities with more transparency on what – and where - taxes are being paid. Before the start of the negotiations, Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES) , co-rapporteurs, make a statement on tax transparency and their expectations for the trilogue.

Tax transparency trilogue: statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D,ES), co-rapporteurs

Antonio TAJANI, EP President, speaks about Taxation of digital economy, in the EP in Brussels.

Taxation of digital economy : statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Statement by Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP, FR), Chair of the TAXE Committee on the Fairer Corporate&nbsp;Tax for EU - Action Plan

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Antonio TAJANI - EP President speaks about Taxation of digital economy, in the EP in Brussels

Antonio TAJANI - EP President speaks about Taxation of digital economy, in the EP in Brussels

Antonio TAJANI - EP President speaks about Taxation of digital economy, in the EP in Brussels

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 06 2014 in Strasbourg - Need for the quick adoption of a broad-based Financial Transaction Tax Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 6 2014 - Implementation of Unfair Commercial Practices Directive