4 Amendments of Olle SCHMIDT related to 2010/2102(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1
Paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to strengthen the capacities of good tax governance for development and sees the need for a regulatory framework designed to support international tax cooperation, transparency, private sector development and economic growth;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3
Paragraph 1 – point 3
3. Calls on the Commission to adopt more stringent criteria for the identification of tax havens and to work towards an internationally binding multilateral automatic tax-information exchange agreement envisaging countermeasures in the event of non-compliance; calls on the Commission to support developing countries in their fight against illicit outflows and capital flights as it is identified as a major obstacle to mobilisation of domestic revenue for development;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes regional initiative on tax cooperation to enable developing countries to discuss the role of taxation in state-building and capacity development and to share best practices on tax administration;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 7
Paragraph 1 – point 7
7. Calls for modernisation of the Transparency Directive to uniformly require companies that fall under the scope of the Directive to report their financial accounts in every country in which they operate, furthermore supports the ongoing work by the OECD with respect to country-by-country guidelines in its guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and its Principles for Corporate Governance to enhance transparency and access to relevant data by tax administrations in developing countries.