ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) taxation

Following Ikea case, Commission calls on states to move quickly on taxation package

Brussels, 15/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 15 February, the European Commission said that the report of the Greens/EFA group of the EP describing how Ikea practises aggressive tax planning “stresses the need for the member states rapidly to adopt the anti-tax avoidance package” which it tabled on 28 January of this year (see EUROPE 11473 and 11489).

The line of argument of the Greens/EFA aims to show that this package will not adequately plug the loopholes used by Ikea. Amongst...