Brussels, 22/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - Austria and France have made a proposal to the other member states wishing to bring in a joint financial transactions tax (FTT) in 2016 that the work be redirected towards setting in place a broad tax base and low rates.
We want to give “new impetus” to the discussions on the FTT and “confirm our objective of implementation in 2016”, said the French finance minister, Michel Sapin, and his Austrian opposite number, Hans-Jörg Schelling, in a...