EU Finance ministers agree to strengthen the code of conduct used to identify and curb harmful tax measures of member states

The EU continues to promote fair tax competition and address harmful tax practices, both within the EU and worldwide. Tuesday, EU finance ministers agreed on a revised code of conduct for business taxation: a political, intergovernmental commitment by member states to apply reinforced screening rules when looking for and remedy tax measures that could be harmful to the tax bases of other member states. The ultimate goal is to tackle harmful tax competition, tax ...