NGO Eurodad expressed surprise in a new report on Wednesday 7 December that there has not been a reduction in the number of sweetheart deals (tax rulings) two years after the Luxleaks scandal that showed how these legal tools can be used to cut company tax bills to derisory levels (sometimes less than 1%).
‘One might have thought that these revelations would cause fewer deals to be signed by European governments. But on the contrary, the number of sweetheart deals in the EU has soared...