Activities of Peter SIMON related to 2014/2144(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual Tax report - Decision adopted on the Tax Transparency policy (debate) DE
Amendments (8)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas many businesses, in particular multinationals, commonly structure their global tax position in a way that allows profit shifting towards lower tax jurisdictions or seek to secure preferential treatment to reduce their tax payments; whereas these and other dubious practices, such as tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning, must be made illegal in the future and those who employ them must be punished appropriately;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion, tax avoidance, aggressive tax planning and tax havens, and an improved framework for the correct functioning of the Single Market via effective tax policy legislation, can be achieved better with a common approach; emphasises that a common approach of this kind must be taken at global, and not just at European, level;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that increased tax policy harmonisation would ensure that Member States’ tax policies support wider EU policy objectives as set out in the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; emphasises, in particular at a time when state indebtedness is high and there is a glaring need for investment in the European Union, that effective taxation provides MSs with a basic level of revenue;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on MSs to agree to a compulsory CCCTB as a comprehensive and long-term solution to tackle company tax obstacles in the Single Market; calls, further, for the introduction of a minimum rate of corporation tax as a means of curbing damaging tax competition;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Council, in the context of the fourth anti-money laundering directive, to support the drawing-up of a public register of commercial property;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to develop further initiatives to promote good governance in tax matters in third countries, to tackle aggressive tax planning and to address double taxation gaps; calls on the Council to make improvements to the Parent-Subsidiary Directive (COM(2013)0814), in particular by introducing a minimum tax rate;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes country-by-country (CbC) reporting; calls on the Commission to introduce as a next step mandatory CbC reporting for cross-border companies in all sectors and in all the countries in which they operate;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to propose, and on MSs to agree on, a common EU position and a set ofbroadened set of specific, detailed criteria for the definition of tax havens; recalls the call for appropriate measures, including a public European blacklist of tax havens, by 31 December 2014;