Brussels, 18/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - Along with discussion about the updated savings tax directive (which Italy says it not needed at this stage, see EUROPE 10380), the Economic and Monetary Council meeting of Tuesday 17 May 2011 addressed other taxation issues, like the work on financial sector taxation.
The Council took note of an interim report by the Hungarian Presidency on the taxation of financial institutions based on the debate at a high-ranking Council workgroup on taxation. The...