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E-002384/2020

Guidelines to simplify tax compliance for SMEs

Question for written answer E-002384/2020
to the Commission
Rule 138
Marek Belka (S&D)

The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak has hit the EU’s economy hard and will continue to undermine the economic development of the EU for the months, or even years, to come. We realise that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which account for two-thirds of total EU-28 employment, have been most affected. The crisis has taken place in the middle of the tax filing season in the EU, and the Member States have responded by taking special measures such as allowing companies (including SMEs) to file their tax documentation later. The 2018 ‘Study on tax compliance costs for SMEs’ prepared for the Commission states that an ’average enterprise incurs a total enterprise tax compliance costs (...) amounting to 2.5 % of its turnover and to 52 % of its total tax liability’. This could lead us to infer that more support for SMEs in tax matters is crucial if we are to put our economy back on its feet.

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