Activities of Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN related to 2023/2058(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Role of tax policy in times of crisis (debate)
Role of tax policy in times of crisis (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Role of tax policy in times of crisis
Amendments (14)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the economic recovery and, the climate crisis and other societal challenges increase the need to mobilise more resources and re-evaluate current taxation policies in the Member States;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas crises amplify and exacerbate pre-existing structural inequalities, including gender inequalities; whereas women were more impacted by economic insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas adequately resourced public services play a vital role in supporting and protecting women during times of crises;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Europe as well as the rest of the globe is facing environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the polluter pays principle’s coverage and application in the EU is fragmented and incomplete;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas in particular the wealthy parts of society have ecological footprints beyond the planetary carrying capacity 3a _________________ 3a https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ global-sustainability/article/unequal- distribution-of-household-carbon- footprints-in-europe-and-its-link-to- sustainability/F1ED4F705AF1C6C1FCA D477398353DC2
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas SMEs are especially affected by the complexities of the tax system, in particular tax compliance, compared to MNEs; whereas tax avoidance by MNEs undermines the level playing field between MNEs and SMEs;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is concerned that large-scale corporate tax avoidance continues to deprive governments of revenue needed to address the cost of living crisis and worsening inequalities, and at the same time to finance high-quality public services, as well as climate action, sustainable development and humanitarian responses; Notes that a number of Member States continuously play a role in enabling corporate tax avoidance;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes with concern that income inequality has increased in the last 30 years, with wealth being even more concentrated than income and capital gains being mostly realised by the top decile of the population; considers that the Member States should more effectively redistribute income and wealth through the taxation of capital gains, property and wealth; calls on the Commission to play a more active role in these areas; supports calls to start international-level negotiations to establish a progressive wealth tax, in the same vein as the OECD/G20 global tax deal for corporations;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that the EU should lead in taxing more effectively capital gains and wealth; Observes the proposals put forward in the United States in this regard; Calls on Member States to introduce wealth taxes; Calls on the EU Code of Conduct to assess harmful tax practices to attract high net worth individuals in Member States;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Points out that digitalization are making the taxpayers and tax bases of all types of tax increasingly mobile; notes that this could reinforce the tendency to rely on immobile tax bases; emphasises that such tendency leads to severe unequal outcomes for ordinary citizens;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Observes with concern that private jet flights have exponentially increased in the EU in the past few crisis years; calls for an EU-wide prohibitive tax on private jets; calls on the Commission to consider in general progressive carbon taxes; urges Member States to finally conclude the negotiations on the revision of the Energy Taxation directive;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Observes that eliminating tax- related disincentives for female employment and unequal distribution of paid and unpaid work is one of the most critical objectives of tax policy from a gender-equality perspective; calls on the Commission to provide guidance on taking gender equality into account in tax policy design and tax administration; notes the need to improve the collection of gender- disaggregated data; calls on the Commission to assess existing data with respect to tax policy design and its impact on unpaid care work, use of public services, income and pension differentials and labour market participation;