Tappioiden verokohtelu rajatylittävissä tilanteissa (keskustelu)
14.01.2008
Piia-Noora Kauppi, rapporteur . Mr President, I will be very brief. I am of course happy to note that most of the groups are going to support the report tomorrow in the vote. My group has suggested abstaining with regard to Amendments 7 and 8. I think that it is in line with the Commission???s recommendations as well that 7 and 8 will probably be adopted and that means that we have a very large majority backing the report tomorrow.
I also would like to remember a little bit the past: how difficult it was before we accepted the first company taxation directives ??? a Parent-Subsidiary Directive and an Interest and Royalties Directive in the 1990s ??? to speak about these items. But they are now there after serious discussion, and I still believe that we can have all the practical things, like anti-abusive measures, that we can improve the Parent-Subsidiary Directive and that we can improve the workings of the Transfer Pricing Forum, and such initiatives are very much needed.
But, in the end, we need a very large solution and CCCTB. At this time it is the best available option and we must take it seriously. I hope that it will be done during this European Parliament term, before the 2009 elections. Something must be done before the 2009 elections and we cannot afford to wait for Member States to come up with their ratifications and referendums. We must act now and before the time is up for this Parliament. |
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