Activities of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2013/2025(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Annual Tax Report: how to free the EU potential for economic growth PDF (164 KB) DOC (91 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Union working method is based on subsidiarity and multilevel governance between the EU, the Member States and its regions and local authorities;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas some countries like Ireland and Spain have seen their revenue coming from the housing industry greatly falling as a result of the end of its bubble, and they need a change in their taxing distribution or its public expenditure;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas tax systems in the EU shall be oriented to be business friendly in order to enhance their capacity to create growth and jobs;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas in an environment of slow growth and recession, late devolution of anticipated tax payments create additional liquidity problems for corporations;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas tax evasion and avoidance deprive Member States of 1 trillion Euros of taxes;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas some academic studies show that precisely those Member States more affected by the debt crisis and with more difficulties to have a balanced budget inside the eurozone are those that have a bigger share of grey economy;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas fiscal federalism may be a good tool in order to achieve self- responsibility in the tax management at regional level and so entails higher economic efficiency;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that all EU legislation shall take duly into account when being drafted the existence not only of national tax regimes but regional too in some parts of Europe;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the healthy competition between different tax systems that exists in the Single Market, its Member States and, in some particular cases, its regions, as this competition boosts, accelerates and stimulates the European economies;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that excessive deficits at the regional level are sometimes related to the lack of relation in their budgets between tax revenue and tax expenditure. At the same time this hinders the creation of the necessary environment to build a self- sustaining growth model;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Acknowledges that fiscal federalism gives incentives to those regions with legislative and budgetary powers to be responsible for part of their own resources and so can be a useful tool in order to fight against tax fraud;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the Commission Action Plan to strengthen the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion and calls the Commission to put forward the proposals announced as soon as possible;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Understands that in order to make the EU budget a useful instrument to enhance growth, own resources are necessary in order to have more autonomy for the Commission in its proposals. In this sense, the revenues coming from an FTT may be a good option;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Believes that VAT should not have a flat tax rate for all products. Those products that are considered of first need, and those related to culture, should be treated in a differentiated form;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls Member States to be very careful on obliging enterprises to pay corporate taxes and VAT in an anticipated way, late devolution of part of these taxes creates distortions in theirs accounts and can create liquidity problems and even closure.