Activities of Diogo FEIO related to 2011/2271(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual tax report (short presentation)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU's internal market with mobility of persons, services, goods and capital is not fully functioning and there are still areas that need to be improved;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas excessive debt in the MS has triggered the current financial crisis and;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current economic and financial crisis has led to a significant rise in public debt in Europe;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas states with high deficits are currently facing the need to apply measures to increase their taxes, those measures should not be harmful to growth;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that tax policies must aim to foster European competitiveness and lowers costs for European business, namely for Small and Medium Enterprises;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls upon the Member States to make their tax systems more growth-friendly by improving tax design and implementing shifts towards less distortionary taxes while safeguarding the social market objective;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that MS with high deficits will have to increase tax revenues through higher taxes, pursue expenditure reductiho suffered the worst decline in GDP growth and who faced higher deficits were the ones and increase public savingswho had to increase their taxes the most;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes note of the recent initiatives of the Commission in the field of taxation, such as, on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base, on a Financial Transaction Tax and on the field of energy;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the introduction of the European Semester as a possible revenue generator for the MS by the mean of the exchange of best practices for a more coordinated and sustainable fiscal path;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that eliminating tax obstacles can play an important role in increasing citizens' ability and confidence to work, retire, shop and together with enterprises to invest in the EU;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes that the Commission wants to increase its efforts to ensure that all EU citizens have access to information and advice they need on tax rules within the EU;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes that Member States have agreed that citizens should have better access to tax information;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Underlines the importance of ensuring that citizens do note face tax obstacles to exercising the freedoms in the Internal Market;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to share information about best practices in Europe concerning information to citizens and businesses, to foster European competitiveness, to develop appropriate tools for exchange of information and to set up pilot projects;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that double taxation is a barrier to cross-border activities and investments and that there is need for coordinated solutions to overcome this problem; Calls upon the Commission in 2012 to come forward with some proposals;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to make access to thecontinue it's work in Europe Direct and Your Europe citizens' advice services easier and to further develop the Europe Direct web portal so that EU citizens can find information from EU 27 tax authoritietax related information can be easier to access by EU citizens;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that the EU Treaty obliges MS to resolve the issue of double taxation; reminds MS therefore about the content of Articles 4(3) and 26 of the TFEU, as articles 4(3) and 26 of the TFEU regarding the Internal Market read;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the MS to improve the procedures which allows Small and Medium Enterprises to claim-back VAT paid faster; thus shortening the reimbursement period;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Asks the Commission for more swift action towards tax evasion and fraud;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the European Commission to identify and give priority of policy measures that have fiscal implications of the MS Stability and Convergence Programmes and National Reform Programmes;