Experts and politicians seemed optimistic that the Hungarian veto on the proposed directive related to the OECD agreement on minimum taxation of companies (see EUROPE B13029A17) would be lifted, at the taxation conference organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) on Monday 28 November. If so, this text could be on the agenda of the Ecofin Council on Tuesday 6 December.
The European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni,...