Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches (debate)
Dariusz Rosati (PPE), blue-card answer. – Frankly, I don’t understand your point. I think the whole thing here is about public disclosure of tax information, not about avoiding taxes or tax avoidance. This tax avoidance is a task of tax authorities, and we have to have trust in the national tax authorities that they do their job properly. What we are talking about here is disclosure – public disclosure of information. This has nothing to do with tax evasion.
This is one thing. The other thing is that we have to take into account the uneven playing field. If you put this requirement on EU companies and other companies, American, Canadians, Japanese don’t have the same obligation – that would be harmful for our businesses.