This page is your gateway to key information related to the fight against tax evasion and tax avoidance.
Statements and speeches
- G20 Finance Ministers agree measures to combat corporate tax avoidance
- European Council agreement on revised savings tax directive
- G20 Finance Ministers' agreement on global tax transparency standards
- Fighting Tax Evasion and Avoidance: A year of progress
- The state of play after a year
- G20 Leaders' Declaration: see tax issues on pages 12-13
- G20 Summit: Joint EU Statement (see 4th paragraph on fairer taxation)
- G20 summit: Presidents Barroso and Van Rompuy on tax avoidance and tax evasion.
- Commissioner Šemeta welcomes G20's new commitments
- Joint statement by President Barroso and President Van Rompuy after the G8 Summit, 18 June 2013
- G8 Lough Erne Declaration
- G8 action plan principles to prevent the misuse of companies and legal arrangements
- Promoting global fairness through trade, taxation and transparency, says President Barroso ahead of G8 Summit
- Commissioner Šemeta's speech on the proposal to widen the scope of automatic exchange of information (12 June 2013)
- President Barroso's statement following the European Council (22 May 2013)
- President Barroso's speech on the preparations of the European Council of 22 May 2013
- Economic and Finance Ministers Conclusions on Tax evasion and tax fraud (14 May 2013)
- President Barroso's call for action on tax evasion (14 May 2013)
- President Barroso's call for progress on tax fraud and tax evasion at the 22nd May European Council (8 May 2013)
- Commissioner Šemeta's press conference remarks at the Economic and Finance Ministers Council (14 May 2013)
- The joint letter on tackling tax fraud and tax evasion sent to EU finance Ministers by Commissioner Šemeta and Irish Finance Minister Noonan for the Presidency (24 April 2013)
Legislation
- European Commission proposes public tax transparency rules for multinationals
- Commission presents new measures against corporate tax avoidance
- EU Council agreement on measures against tax avoidance and unfair tax competition
- Study confirms billions lost in VAT gap
- In-depth investigation into arrangements on corporate taxation of Amazon in Luxembourg
- EU Council of Ministers adopts revised savings tax directive
- VAT: Commission proposes stronger cooperation with non-EU countries
- Proposal on parent companies and subsidiaries
- Commission asks France and Latvia to implement key EU rules against tax evasion (20 November 2013)
- Standard VAT Return proposal
- EU Council approves measures to tackle VAT fraud schemes
- Commission demands that 5 Member States implement key EU rules against tax evasion (20 June 2013)
- Commission proposal for a Council Directive on the automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation
- European Commission Action Plan to strengthen the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion (2012)
- Recommendation on aggressive tax planning
- Recommendation on good governance in taxation
- European Commission Communication on concrete ways to reinforce the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion including in relation to third countries (2012)
- European Commission Communication on promoting good governance in tax matters (2009)
- Taxation of savings
- Administrative cooperation in Direct taxation
- Administrative cooperation in VAT (Eurofisc)
- Recovery of tax
EU instruments
EU working and consulting groups
- Tax Policy Group
- VAT forum
- Joint Transfer Pricing Forum
- Recovery Committee
- Platform for Tax Good Governance
- Expert group on taxation of the digital economy