BRATISLAVA, July 13, (WEBNOVINY) — Calls against EU-wide tax harmonization moves are gathering speed with nine countries having already declared their disapproval, including Slovakia. European Commission’s proposal for a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) was also on the agenda of the meeting of chairmen of European affairs‘ committees in Warsaw this week on the occasion of the beginning of Poland’s EU presidency.
“I warned all in attendance that nine countries have already expressed their disagreement with this proposal and that this has been the strongest expression of discontent with the Brussels’ proposal in the recent past,” said Chairman of the Slovak Parliamentary Committee for European Affairs Ivan Stefanec (SDKU-DS).
The Slovak Parliamentary Committee for European Affairs issued its first ever negative stance toward a draft Council Directive, namely on the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB). EC presented the unified system of calculation of the corporate tax base for companies operating in the European Union in mid-March. The draft directive aims to establish a unified system on the EU level for the calculation of the corporate tax base. If approved, the system should become an alternative of existing national tax systems.
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