Steuern, Wettbewerb, Statistik, IFRS

Although the Parliament's powers are mostly of a consultative nature in the taxation field (cf. Art.113 - 114 TFEU), the ECON Committee is very active and heavily weighs in the design of EU more coordinated and transparent legislation, particularly with the aim to better address tax fraud, tax evasion and aggressive tax planning. The Committee also exercises scrutiny powers in this area, notably via the structured dialogue with the Commissioner in charge of taxation several times a year.

On 11.11.2015 the ECON Committee has adopted a Legislative initiative report on bringing transparency, coordination and convergence to Corporate Tax policies in the Union (Rapporteurs: Anneliese Dodds, Luděk Niedermayer).

Following the recent public and political interest in advanced tax ruling practices in Member States, the European Parliament decided to set up this special committee on 12.02.2015, for an initial period of six months. It will be continued under a new mandate for six more months, until June 2016.