European Imperative

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European Imperative

Summary: Volume 150, No 3888 19 December 2002

Date originally published: 19/12/2002

FINTAN CLANCY, solicitor examines some recent changes in European Union law.

EUROPEAN UNION LAW relating to direct taxation is constantly developing. However, as the Member States seem unable to agree common rules to determine either the tax base or a single rate of corporation tax, legislation is almost wholly absent from the process of change. In October 2001, the European Union Commission issued a working paper on 'Company Taxation in the Internal Market' which sought to identify (with the ultimate aim of eliminating) the differences in determining the corporate tax base in Member States and the main tax provisions that hamper cross-border economic activity within the single market, but there has been little legislative change as a result.

The main driver of the change is the case...

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