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Groups urge FASB to prioritize public country-by-country tax reporting
The US Financial Accounting Standards Board should adopt in its standard-setting agenda a requirement for companies to report information in the notes to their financial statements on the disaggregation of country-by-country income tax, according to a September 22 letter signed by 63 organizations that . . .
EU Parliament approves public country-by-country for multinationals
Today, the EU Parliament approved a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards the disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches, writes Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne . . .
EU Parliament approves anti-tax avoidance measure
The European Parliament on Wednesday approved the EU Commission’s proposal for an anti-tax avoidance directive aimed at multinational corporations, but said that stricter rules should be applied . . .
EU Parliament proposal would extend public country-by-country reporting to more multinationals
An EU Commission proposal to require public country-by-country reporting by multinationals operating in Europe should be extended to cover many more multinationals and to mandate much more robust . . .
EU Parliament committee pushes for State aid review of multinationals’ country-by-country tax reports
The EU Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved a report proposing to give the EU Commission full access to country-by-country reports of multinationals that are . . .
EU Parliament tax committee supports measures combating MNE tax avoidance
The European Parliament’s committee on tax rulings on June 21 voted in favor of a report calling for new measures to counter multinational . . .
Apple, Google, Fiat, IKEA, McDonald’s reps to be grilled on tax avoidance by EU Parliament committee
Representatives of large multinationals will again defend their companies’ tax avoidance practices before an EU parliamentary committee. This time, Apple, Google, Fiat, IKEA. . .
European Parliament committee to investigate tax ruling practices of EU states
The European Parliament voted February 12 to establish a special committee to investigate the tax ruling practices of EU member states. The 45-member committee . . .
Airbus and tax justice campaigner questioned by European Parliament committee
The EU needs to be mindful of tax competition from countries outside the EU and adopt policies that will allow EU companies to remain competitive, Airbus’s head of tax, Guillaume de La Villeguérin, told the European Parliament’s Special Committee . . .
EU committee publishes letters from 13 nations on tax ruling practices
A European Parliament committee has published letters from EU member state officials describing tax ruling practices, efforts to combat tax avoidance, and compliance with EU spontaneous exchange of information directives. The letters, published by. . .