07/11/2016 (Agence Europe) – The German chemicals giant BASF is reported to have avoided nearly €1 billion in tax over five years, according to a report commissioned by the Greens/EFA Group at the European Parliament and published on Monday 7 November. Speaking on behalf of the Greens, Eva Joly of France said that it must not be tolerated that a company like BASF can have 22 subsidiaries in the Netherlands with not a single employee. Patent boxes, hybrid mismatches and Belgian notional...