9 Amendments of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2016/2033(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas tax evasion has serious economic and social consequences on European societies. Tax avoidance and tax evasion not only deprive Member States from raising sufficient revenues, but it increases inequalities among law abiding tax payers and citizens disregarding their duties;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas VAT fraud contributes to the creation of an unfair fiscal environment and therefore to major market distortions, particularly detrimental for SMEs;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas VAT fraud contributes to funds leaving the EU;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an extensive evaluation of the revenues that criminal organizations raise each year through VAT frauds and reinvest in the legal economy through money laundering.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive strategy to counter criminal organization's VAT fraud business model including activities related to money laundering.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on Member States to adopt all appropriate legislative and administrative measures to ensure the traceability of financial flows and the transparency of banking institutions in order to prevent VAT fraud revenues from being reinvested.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets that administrative cooperation between Member States on fighting VAT fraud is still not suefficient toin copeing with intra-EU VAT evasion and fraud mechanisms and to manage cross- border transactions or trading; stresses the need for a simplified, effective and accessible VAT system to all Member States in order to reduce VAT burden and to combat VAT fraud
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to be more active at international level and to strengthen cooperation with non-EU countries and enforce efficient VAT collection, so as to establish standards and strategies of cooperation based chiefly on the principles of transparency, good governance and exchange of information.