Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) News

Germany Issues EU Presidency Tax Priorities
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
On September 22, 2020, Germany provided further details about the government's tax policy priorities for its presidency of the European Union. Read Full Story

German EU Presidency Releases Tax Agenda
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, July 10, 2020
The newly instated German presidency of the European Union will focus on introducing internationally agreed tax rules for digital companies, according to the presidency's policy agenda. Read Full Story

German EU Presidency Will Focus On Tax Issues: Merkel
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, May 1, 2020
On April 25, 2020, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany would attempt to seek agreement on a financial transaction tax and a minimum corporate tax when it assumes the presidency of the European Union in July 2020. Read Full Story

Austria May Pull Out Of European Financial Transactions Tax Talks
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
On February 19, 2020, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz issued a statement to say that he remains "committed" to the introduction of a financial transactions tax at European Union level along the same lines as that proposed by the German Government last month, despite opposition from within the EU, notably from Austria. Read Full Story

EU Financial Transactions Tax Agreement Close, Says Scholz
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, January 27, 2020
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has said he is confident that an agreement can be reached on a European Union financial transactions tax. Read Full Story

New Spanish Coalition Agrees Tax Plan
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The Spanish Socialist Party and the Podemos movement, which will form the next governing coalition, has released their policy document, which includes plans for a corporate minimum tax, among other tax measures. Read Full Story

Germany Presents Text For EU Financial Transactions Tax
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, December 16, 2019
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has presented a final proposal for a European Union financial transactions tax to the 10 member states participating in the initiative. Read Full Story

Juncker Seeking To Smooth Path For EU Tax Reform
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, September 14, 2018
Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, has again called for changes to the way EU member states vote on key tax proposals. Read Full Story

Ireland Resisting EU Tax Harmonization
by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London
Friday, September 15, 2017
Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has signalled that the Government will not accept any attempt by the EU to change the system for voting on headline tax policies. Read Full Story

Ibec: Ireland Should Veto Harmful EU Tax Proposals
by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Business group Ibec has said that it is essential that Ireland retains full sovereignty over decisions on tax policy and that the Government should block any moves by the EU that jeopardize this right. Read Full Story
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