EXCLUSIVE: EC’s Philip Kermode explains how the Commission is helping taxpayers with their M&A

Philip Kermode is director of Direct Taxation, Tax Coordination and Economic Analysis and Evaluation at the European Commission. In an exclusive interview, he discusses how the Commission’s policies are making life easier for taxpayers doing M&A work, its efforts to iron out the creases caused by national tax policy and the importance of tax in the functioning of the single market.