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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9615

5 March 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
Several member states call on European Commission to speed up review of savings tax rules

Brussels, 04/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - Against a background of tax scandal resulting from private savings being held in Liechtenstein bank accounts by citizens of several member states, Germany led the charge of member states wanting a review of European rules on taxation of savings income (directive 2003/48/EC) at the Ecofin Council meeting on Tuesday 4 March. German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück set out the faults in the European system: it only applies to natural persons, it only...

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