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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10786

15 February 2013
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) taxation
Commission publishes FTT plans

Brussels, 14/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 13 February 2013, the European Commission unveiled a draft directive on the introduction of a financial transactions tax (FTT) by 11 member states on 1 January 2014 by means of “enhanced cooperation.”. The 11 nations account for two-thirds of EU27 GDP and the tax is expected to net between €30 billion and €50 billion a year, to be shared among the 11 nations (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal,...

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