Activities of Benoît HAMON related to 2008/2033(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Coordinated strategy to improve the fight against fiscal fraud (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas fiscal fraud imperils equity and fiscal justice, the loss of income to public finance often being compensated by a tax increase hitting the least affluent and most honest taxpayers, who do not have the option or the intention of evading or infringing their tax obligations,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas when examining options, the Commission and the Member States should not contemplateas far as possible avoid measures that could lead to a disproportionate administrative burden on businesses and tax administrations or that could discriminate among traders,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the purpose of the EU fiscal fraud strategy must be to tackle tax losses due to fiscal fraud by identifying the areas where improvements both to EU legislation and to the administrative cooperation between Member States can be made, that effectively promote the reduction of tax fraud, as far as possible without creating unnecessary burdens both for tax administrations and tax payers;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to consider a harmonised European system for collecting data and producing statistics on fiscal fraud, so as to obtain an assessment of the full extent of the phenomenon that is as accurate as possible;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that with variationthe differences in VAT rates, the taxation of intra- Community supplies would require rebalancing payments between Member States; considers that such rebalancing should be made through a clearing house that would facilitate the passing of revenue between Member States; stresses that the operation of a clearing house is technically feasible;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Points out that reform of the tax savings directive must deal with its various loopholes and deficiencies as they facilitate tax evasion and fiscal fraud operations;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the Commission, in this connection, to include all legal entities in the directive’s scope, in particular foundations, ‘fiducies’, trusts and other forms of ‘Anstalt’;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Calls on the Commission to extend the financial revenue covered by the directive, so as to include in particular capital gains, dividends and payments made by insurance schemes and pension funds;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Calls for an end to the transitional system of withholding tax at source, in favour of a general removal of banking secrecy throughout the European Union;