Tax policy, including the fight against tax fraud, has become a hot topic over the past decade due to journalistic investigations such as LuxLeaks, the Panama Papers, Football Leaks, Bahamas Leaks and the Paradise Papers, which revealed tax leaks and tax havens. The latest finacial data-leak revealed by the media is Pandora papers.

During October II plenary MEPs voted for a resolution on Pandora papers, where they identified what they see as the most urgent measures the EU needs to take to close loopholes that currently allow for tax avoidance, money laundering and tax evasion on a massive scale. They also called for legal action to be taken by the Commission against EU countries that do not properly execute existing laws. MEPs reserved particular criticism for present and former prime ministers and ministers of EU member states whose activities were revealed by the Pandora Papers.

Tax policy has remained EU countries' own responsibility since the EU’s beginning, but the fight against tax fraud is shared by EU countries and the EU.

In November MEPs gave their final green light to new rules obliging big multinationals to publicly declare the taxes they pay in each EU country, in order to undermine tax avoidance. Multinationals and their subsidiaries with annual revenues over €750 million - and which are active in more than one EU country - will now have to publish the amount of tax they pay in each member state. This information will also need to be made publically available on the internet, using a common template and in a machine-readable format.

Since September 2020, the Parliament has had a permanent sub-committee on tax matters. The committee was established to assist the economic and monetary affairs committee with taxation issues and deals with the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance, as well as financial transparency in taxation.

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EP Plenary session - Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches

Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches: closing statements by Mariya GABRIEL, European Commissioner for Innovation and Research, and by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and by Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES), co-rapporteurs

Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches: MEPs debate

Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches: opening statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and by Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES), co-Rapporteurs and by Mariya GABRIEL, European Commissioner for Innovation and Research

Announcement of the results of votes on Pandora Papers and on the Rule of law in Poland

EP Plenary session - Increased efforts to fight money laundering

Increased efforts to fight money laundering: closing statement by Mairead McGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and Capital Markets Union

Increased efforts to fight money laundering: MEPs debate

Increased efforts to fight money laundering: opening statement by Mairead McGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and Capital Markets Union

Pandora papers: extracts from the debate

EP Plenary session - Pandora Papers:implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance

Pandora Papers - implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance: MEPs debate (Part 2/2)

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Pandora Papers - implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance: MEPs debate (Part 1/2)

Pandora Papers - implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance: closing statements by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy and by Anže LOGAR, Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Pandora Papers - implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance: opening statements by Anže LOGAR, Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy

Guidelines for the application of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget: opening statements by Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL (S&D, ES), Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI), rapporteurs,Terry REINTKE (Greens/EFA) and by Johannes HAHN, EU Commissioner

Guidelines for the application of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget: MEPs debate (continuation)

Tax transparency trilogue: arrivals, roundtable and statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL (S&D, ES), co-rapporteurs

Transparency trilogue: final statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES), co-rapporteurs, and Pedro LOURTIE, Portuguese Presidency Representative

Tax transparency trilogue: statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D,ES), co-rapporteurs

Reforming the EU policy framework to stop tax avoidance in the EU after the OpenLux revelations: closing statements by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Presidency and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy

Reforming the EU policy framework to stop tax avoidance in the EU after the OpenLux revelations: MEPs debate

Reforming the EU policy framework to stop tax avoidance in the EU after the OpenLux revelations: opening statements by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Presidency and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy

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