8 Amendments of Gabriel MATO related to 2018/2095(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Beijing Platform for Action emphasisnotes the need to analyse tax policies from a gender perspective and to adjust them to promote a more equitable distribution of productive assets, wealth, opportunities, income and services;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas taxation policies can have explicit or implicit gender biases; whereas an explicit bias means that a tax provision directly targets either men or women in a distinct way, while an implicit bias means that the provision nominally applies equally to all butwhereas in reality there is discriminates against womeion;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas on average corporate tax rates have fallen dramatically since the 1980s, from above 40 % to 21,.9 % in 2018, while in contrast, the rate of consumption taxes (of which VAT is a large component) has increasedremained stable at around 19% since 20094, increachsing to 20,.6 % in 20169; __________________ 9 https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/sites/ taxation/files/taxation_trends_report_2018. pdf
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on all Member States to assess the desireability of shifting from joint taxation to individual taxation; believes that until tax systems are no longer based on the assumption that households pool and share their funds equally, tax fairness for women will not be achieved in the interests of achieving tax fairness;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Deplores the persistence ofCalls on Member States to eliminate gender gaps in women’s property ownership, particularly of major assets14; notes that the reduction of capital gains and property taxes primarily benefits men, as they are more likely to control such resources15; __________________ 14 Action Aid. Making tax work for women’s rights. 15 Institute of Development Studies (2016) Redistributing Unpaid Care Work – Why Tax Matters for Women’s Rights. Policy Briefing. Issue 109.
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the share of consumption taxes roexperienced a slight increase in the Union from 20094 to 2016; notes that VAT typically accounts for between two thirds and three quarters of consumption taxes in the Member States;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement gender- responsive approaches to budgeting in a way that explicitly tracks what proportion of public funds are targeted at women and that ensures that allfocus as far as possible the policies for mobilising resources and allocating expenditure on promoteing gender equality;