The European Commission has formally requested the Netherlands change its tax legislation on fiscal unities, which it says discriminates against foreign companies.
David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, is in charge of developing the UK’s tax policy. In an exclusive interview with Salman Shaheen of International Tax Review, Gauke defends this year’s budget and discusses his priorities for the British tax system.
The opening panel of International Tax Review’s Indirect Tax Forum 2011 agreed that while the European Commission has more work to do on its plans for VAT reform, it is moving in the right direction.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld the Commission’s decision that tax exemptions in the Basque region of Spain constitute state aid and are incompatible with the EU treaty.
