Starting from the observation point that the effect on tax revenues of taxes in general, and corporation tax in particular, is not well understood, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) commissioned and published, on Monday 8 July, a study on the impact of corporation tax on economic growth.
“Corporate taxes could be the most harmful form of taxation to economic growth”, the EESC wrote in a statement.
The study, written by three economists, Pieter Baert, Frederik Lange and...