10 Amendments of Neena GILL related to 2014/2144(INI)
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Invites the EC to come up with a clear legislative framework to ensure equality between e-products and their physical alternatives;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to develop further initiatives to promote good governance in tax matters in third countries, to tackle aggressive tax planning and to address double taxation gaps; invites the Commission therefore to come up in every relevant legislative proposal a clause to ensure the objectives of the legislation are not circumvented via tax constructions;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for authorities to suspend or revoke the banking licences of financial institutions if they assist in tax fraud; invites the European Commission to revise the regulation on audit companies in order to strengthen their independence to ensure that they are not compromised if the offer tax planning services;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for stronger sanctions to prevent companies breaching EU tax standards, by refraining from granting EU funding and access to state aid or to public procurement to fraudulent companies; urges MSs to recover all kind of public support given to companies when they are involved in breaching EU tax standards;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls upon the Commission to intensify its use of EU state aid rules against aggressive tax planning and to open from this perspective procedures against the companies mentioned in the Lux leaks revelations;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls Parliament’s plea24 for a strengthening of the economic governance framework; calls on the Commission and MSs to enhance the use of the European Semester by integrating the EU tax gap strategy into the annual national stability and growth programmes and national reform programmes; calls on the Commission to invite the MSs to list up and describe in their national reform programmes all tax exemptions given to companies; __________________ 24 Resolution on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities (texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0038) and resolution on Fight against Tax Fraud, Tax Evasion and Tax Havens (texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0205).
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the quantitative measurement of macroeconomic targets should be accompanied by qualitative indicators (social and environmental as well as national measures adopted to tackle tax fraud, for example), in order to address long-term goals; calls on the Commission, when drafting the country- specific recommendations, to carry out an in-depth study of the MSs’ differences;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on MSs to shift the tax burden away from labour to other forms of sustainable and indirect taxationtaxation, in particular environmental taxes, in order to promote growth and job creation;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Urges MSs, when introducing property taxes based upon the real value of the property, to ensure the fundamental right of accommodation, by protecting the principal house of each taxpayer;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the fact that MSs’ taxation policy on environmental taxes should be aligned with the EU 2030 strategy; recognises that an increase in environmental and property taxes has the potential to generate revenues and jobs; calls on the Commission to come forward with appropriate legislative proposals;