Activities of Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS related to 2015/2010(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Bringing transparency, coordination and convergence to corporate tax policies (A8-0349/2015 - Anneliese Dodds, Luděk Niedermayer) EL
Amendments (9)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the recent initiatives of the Commission and encourages Member States to tackle further tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance, promoting clear and fair tax rulings, combatting aggressive tax planning and re-launching the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base scheme, stressing the importance to avoid any increase in administrative burdens and cost of compliance;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that taxes must be paid where profits are made or value is created and where public services and infrastructures are used; stresses, in this respect, the need for clear, transparent and coherent rules on the accounting of profits and value creation, thus avoiding their "ad hoc" transfer for taxation purposes, particularly by means of intangibles;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the sovereign rights of Member States should be taken into consideration, as well as the diversities on economic, commercial and corporate sectors in terms of affecting the growth and development as well as the social cohesion within the Member State and the EU as such;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of guaranteeing personal data protection, confidentiality of information exchanged and freedom to conduct a business; encourages the identification of solutions that strike a balance between transparency and confidentiality while ensuring transparency in corporate taxation;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Condemns the complicity of financial and consultancy corporations in the development of aggressive tax planning in the EU;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U – point i
Recital U – point i
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V – introductory part
Recital V – introductory part
V. whereas improved coordination alone will not solve fundamental problems arising from the fact that different rules regarding corporate taxation exist in different Member States; whereas part of the overall response to aggressive tax planning must involve the convergence of a limited number of national tax practices; whereas this can be achieved while still preserving the sovereignty of Member States in relation to other elements of their corporate tax systems; whereas, we should take into consideration the sovereign rights of Member States and the diversities on economic, commercial and corporate sectors in terms of affecting the growth, development and national income on which they depend on as well as the social cohesion within the Member State and the Union as such;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W a (new)
Recital W a (new)
Wa. whereas this report does not aim to harmonise Member States' corporate tax rates and respects their sovereign rights to set their own taxation policy as well as their economic and social cohesion and stability;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – title 2 – subtitle 1
Annex – title 2 – subtitle 1