6 Amendments of Nirj DEVA related to 2010/2102(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas developing countries face important challenges in raising tax revenues due to insufficient human and financial resources to collect taxes, weak administrative capacity, corruption, lack of legitimacy of the political system and, unequal distribution of revenues and poor tax governance,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to upgrade its assistance to strengthen the judiciary and anti-corruption agencies in developing countries, to effectively integrate the principles of good governance in tax matters into the programming, implementation and monitoring of country and regional strategy papers, and to systematically include clauses on good governance in future trade agreements; recommends that the Commission includes national parliaments of the developing countries in the budgetary process, thereby fostering a harmonious relationship and promoting greater transparency in this process;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the main challenge for poor countries is to broaden the tax base; points out that the decline in trade taxes has led to the introduction of consumption taxesshould be implemented in parallel to developing countries tax reforms mobilising alternative sources of revenue for their public budgets offsetting the shortfall in customs revenue (VAT or energy taxes); considers that even if VAT can enable the widening of the tax base in economies with large informal sectors, it is not an ideal instrument as it hits poor people the hardest; believes that EU assistance for tax reform should be geared to developing direct taxationwards investigating ways in which developing countries can broaden their tax base/tax revenue stream;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Insists that the adequate means of devising alternative sources of revenue collection should be supportive of and not infringe upon innovation, entrepreneurship and the creation of SMEs, strengthening ownership and local development;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the EU toCalls on Member States to consider the social and economic arguments of defending within the G20 and OECD the principle of the automaticmutual exchange of information on tax matters along the lines ofwhich can be effectively used in certain circumstances such as in the EU savings tax directive, as a way to curb illicit financial flows in secrecy jurisdictions; Calls on Member States to consider further area's where exchange of information may be appropriate;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that as much as 800 billion euros is lost each year from developing countries to tax havens and illicit financial flows; notes that greater transparency in the financial process could be a decisive step towards poverty alleviation and significant wealth creation;