03-12-2024 15:30
National Tax Measures to Support People with Disabilities in the EU
On 3 December 2024, from 15:30 to 16:45, the FISC Subcommittee will host a public hearing on 'National Tax Measures to Support People with Disabilities in the EU'. It is organized in the context of the European Parliament’s Disability Rights Week 2024.
The Subcommittee invited Mr Javier Güemes Pedraza (Grupo Social ONCE) and Christopher Prinz (OECD) to discuss the diversity and effectiveness of national tax incentives designed to support individuals with disabilities across EU Member States. It will provide an overview of existing national practices, address challenges in achieving comparability, and discuss how tax services can be made more accessible to people with disabilities. Additionally, the hearing will consider whether EU-level tax policies can contribute to better support for this group.
- Draft programme of the hearing (PDF - 134 KB)
- Poster (PDF - 238 KB)
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Mr Javier Güemes Pedraza, Director of International Relations of the Spanish National Organization of Blind People Foundation for Cooperation and Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities (‘Grupo Social ONCE’)
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Mr Christopher Prinz, Senior Policy Analyst and Acting Head of the Employability Division, Directorate of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD, and author of the working paper “Can disability benefits promote (re)employment?”.
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Background document provided by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)