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Parliamentary question - E-009921/2013Parliamentary question
E-009921/2013

Social welfare benefits and tax obligations of emigrants in the EU

Question for written answer E-009921-13
to the Commission
Rule 117
Antolín Sánchez Presedo (S&D) , Alejandro Cercas (S&D) , Ricardo Cortés Lastra (S&D) , Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García (S&D) , Carmen Romero López (S&D) , Antonio Masip Hidalgo (S&D) , María Muñiz De Urquiza (S&D)

Thousands of EU citizens who have emigrated to other Member States and receive retirement pensions or other financial benefits from those countries have difficulty, when they return home, finding out what their tax status is and complying with their tax obligations in their countries of residence, as a result of there being no EU-level measures in place. It should be ensured that:

In the current situation, certain tax practices and requirements in some Member States are felt by returning emigrants to amount to unfair harassment, at odds with the principles of the EU and fundamental European freedoms.

Does the Commission agree that these are problems? Will it take any action?

OJ C 179, 12/06/2014