EU Parliament creates permanent tax subcommittee
- Jun 26, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 29, 2020
After a series of special committees and a committee of inquiry, created to delve into the various tax leaks and scandals of recent years, Parliament established a permanent tax subcommittee on 18 June 2020.
The European Parliament has been a key actor in the EU’s fight against tax fraud and tax avoidance, in particular by creating special and inquiry committees over the past years.
The subcommittee on tax matters will be composed of 30 members. It will deal particularly with the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance as well as financial transparency for taxation purposes.
The Commission welcomed the European Parliament’s decision to create a permanent subcommittee.
For the European Commission, fair and effective taxation in the EU and the fight against tax fraud and evasion are key priorities.
Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy, said:
The European Parliament has for many years been an essential partner of the Commission in the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion. I am certain that this new subcommittee will become a key forum to take forward that fight, in the interest of honest citizens and businesses throughout Europe. I look forward to maintaining our excellent collaboration with the European Parliament by continuing to regularly update MEPs on the progress in the EU’s tax agenda, our shared priority.
The proposal can be found here.
Good to see the EU making this a permanent fixture. The June 18 move makes sense after all those special committees. I’ve been using the imposter game generator to keep track of these developments, which helps clarify the roles.
It's interesting that the European Parliament established this permanent tax subcommittee with 30 members to tackle issues like tax fraud and evasion. This move seems like a logical next step after the series of special committees and inquiries into past tax scandals. I wonder how this new body's work will compare to other efforts, like using a grid maker to organize complex financial data.
It's interesting that they finally made the tax work permanent after relying on those temporary committees for so long. I've been following the EU's tax investigations for a while, and there's a lot of good background on the earlier scandals over at Neverness to Everness Wiki. The shift from ad-hoc probes to a standing subcommittee seems like a real step forward for transparency.
Really interesting to see the EU Parliament finally making the tax work permanent after all those special committees. I’d been wondering if the momentum from the tax leaks would fade, but this subcommittee seems like a solid way to keep pressure on financial transparency. For anyone digging into the history of these investigations, the Bizarre Lineage Wiki has some good context on how the different committees evolved from the LuxLeaks era onward.
It’s interesting that after all those temporary committees and the inquiry into the tax leaks, they finally made it a permanent fixture. I’d be curious to see how the 30-member subcommittee’s focus on financial transparency actually plays out in practice — ScopeQuill has some good related analysis on that.