5 Amendments of Monica MACOVEI related to 2012/0000(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Points out that around EUR 1 trillion is lost to tax evasion and avoidance every year in the EU, according to estimates drawn up by the Commission; underlines that in overall terms the total cost of tax evasion in the EU is higher than the total of all health care budgets in the Union, and that if tax evasion could be stopped all EU deficits could be paid off in just 8.8 years*1;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that of the vast amounts paid to the Union on the basis of the agreements by the major tobacco companies were notonly 9.7% is used for anti-fraud measures and programmes but were ‘90 % confiscated’ by the Member States, which added them as income to their respective budgetswhile the remaining 90.3% is added as income to the Member States' respective budgets without being clearly assigned to programmes and activities related to the fight against fraud;
Amendment 18 #
7a. Stresses that shortcomings in the cross-border cooperation between Member States' tax administrations weakens the correct implementation of the EU's VAT regulatory framework, facilitates fraudsters and organised crime activities and leads to significant losses such as those observed due to the heterogeneous application of customs procedure 42; regrets the lack of consistency in the processing of VAT ID numbers at customs level; is of the opinion that a European Tax Identification Number would bring greater transparency and uniformity in the management of customs procedure 42; urges the Commission, therefore, to launch its impact assessment on this matter as soon as possible;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Insists, in this respect, on the need to reinforce the European Union's legal framework for the seizure and confiscation of assets including in non- conviction based cases and in accordance to the principle "Follow The Money" through the seizure of property established to be the proceeds of or means to commit a crime under civil criteria;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)