4 Amendments of Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS related to 2012/0000(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that massive tax evasion by larger companies has a devastating effect on the taxpaying discipline of smaller companies and even individuals, since it makes tax evasion appear to be the accepted norm and it is inter alia due to this tax evasion that an additional tax burden on individuals and companies is introduced;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that companies that use tax evasion as a business strategy (many of them smaller and more flexible) acquire an unfair competitive advantage over extrovert companies that cannot use similar practices and thus eventually undermine the Member States´ competitiveness;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the potential of e- government in terms of increasing transparency and combating fraud and corruption, thereby helping protect public 1 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A Digital Agenda for Europe (COM(2010)245) funds; emphasises that Europe is lagging behind its industrial partners, inter alia due to a lack of interoperability of systems*1; stresses that Europe must step up its efforts to introduce next-generation forms of e- government, which would provide more transparency in public finances and encourage the real-time connection of business transactions with the tax authorities in order to combat tax evasion;