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Amendments (5)
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that a common and just minimum corporate tax rate is the only way to create equal and fair treatment between different subjects doing business in the EU, and within the larger community of tax subjects. Calls for the Member States to finalise the negotiations and introduce without further delay the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base(CCCTB). Furthermore, calls for the Member States to introduce a minimum corporate tax rates at Union level in order to end the race to the bottom;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets that femmenstruale hygienic productse and care products and services for children or older people are stillre not considered as basic products in all Member States; calls on all Member States to eliminate the so-called ‘care and tampon tax’ by making use of the flexibility introduced in the VAT Directive and applying exemptions or 0 % VAT rates to these essential basic goonsiders that period poverty is an ongoing issue in the EU where it is estimated by Plan International UK that 1/10 girls cannot afford sanitary products and that in2017 in the UK, 49% of girls missed at least one full day of school due to their periods;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes thCalls on all Member States to eliminate tax evasion and tax avoidance are major contributors to gender inequality in the Union and globally as they limit the resources available to governments to increase equality at national and international he so-called ‘care and tampon tax’ by making use of the flexibility introduced in the VAT Directive and applying exemptions or 0 % VAT rates to these essential basic goods; recognises that a reduction in price due to exemption of VAT on these products would have immeasurable benefit for young women; recognises that this would be a further step towards making sanitary products free in schools, universities and homeless shelters, and for women from low-income backgrounds, with the aim of eradicating period poverty complevtel17 ; y across the EU; __________________ 17 UN ‘Final study on illicit financial flows, human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of states on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, 2016.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for the need of an ambitious Directive on public country-by-country reporting in order to enhance tax transparency and public scrutiny of multinational enterprises (MNE’s) as it would allow the wider public to have access to information about the profits made, subsidies received and the taxes they pay in the jurisdictions where they operate; urges the Council to reach a common agreement on the proposal to enter into negotiations with the other institutions in order to adopt a public CBCR, one of the key measures to find greater transparency on tax information of companies for all citizens;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Regrets that tax policy issues at Council level are often blocked by individual Member States, in order to protect tax havens; calls therefore for the abolishment of the principle of unanimity of the Member States in tax matters in order to make progress in the fight for tax justice and reduce the burden on EU citizens;