<p>Tax measures must be adopted unanimously by the Member States. The European Parliament has the right to be consulted on tax matters, except on budgetary-related issues, for which it is co-legislator.</p>

<p>The power to tax is in the hands of the Member States, with the EU having only limited EU competences. As EU tax policy is geared towards the smooth running of the single market, the harmonisation of indirect taxation was addressed before direct taxation. The fight against harmful tax evasion and tax avoidance has become a recent policy priority.</p>

Fight against tax fraud and evasion - 8th parliamentary term

TAX3 Committee - Public hearing on ' Alleged financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance in Malta '

TAX3 Committee - Exchange of views with Maltese Minister for Justice

TAX3 public hearing on ' Impact of tax evasion and money laundering on local real estate markets, in particular in European cities '

TAX3 public hearing on the Deutsche Bank

Public Hearings of the Special Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance (TAX3) - Money Laundering Involving Russian Individuals and their effect on the EU

TAX3 committee meeting - Public Hearing on Presentation of VAT Study and Exchange of views with Fabrizia LAPECORELLA

TAX3 Public Hearing - The third country dimension in the fight against tax crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance

TAX3 Hearing on VAT Fraud

Joint Public Hearing of the TERR and TAX3. The use of tax frauds - Including VAT carousel fraud - to finance terrorism

TAX3 - Public hearing : ' Lessons learnt from the Paradise Papers '

TAX3 Workshop : ' Digitalisation and Crypto Currencies: New challenges and opportunities in terms of taxation and fight against money laundering '

Constitutive meeting of the TAX3 Committee

LAMASSOURE, Alain (EPP, FR) - TAXE Committee Chair; McAVAN, Linda (S&D, GB) - DEVE Committee Chair;

TAXE 2 - DEVE joint hearing:  ' Consequences of aggressive fiscal practises for developing countries '

TAXE 2 - Presentation of draft report

JURI-ECON-TAXE Joint meeting - Exchange of views with Commissioner Hill on country-by-country reporting in the presence of the Commissioner in charge of Financial stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union.

Alain LAMASSOURE, Pieter DUISENBERG, Stephen QUEST

TAXE2 Special committee meeting - Exchange of views with EU National Parliaments on The Anti-Tax Avoidance Package And Other EU And International Developments: Scrutiny And Democratic Control By National Parliaments

LAMASSOURE, Alain (EPP, FR);  Margrethe VESTAGER - EC Commissioner in charge of Competition

Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE 2)

LAMASSOURE, Alain (EPP, FR) - TAXE Committee Chair

TAXE2 Special Committee; Six major European banks to explain their ' tax optimisation ' role to MEPs.

Joinly meeting of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)&nbsp;and the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE) in the EP in Brussels.&nbsp;Questions and remarks&nbsp;by Bernd LUCKE (ECR, DE), Burkhard BALZ (EPP, DE), Elisa FERREIRA (S&amp;D, PT), Michael THEURER (ALDE, DE), Sven GIEGOLD (Greens/EFA, DE), Rolandas PAKSAS (EFDD, LT), Bernard MONOT (ENF, FR). Answers by Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC and Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs.

Exchange of views with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC and Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs: extracts

Joinly meeting of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE) in the EP&nbsp;in Brussels. Opening statement by Alain LAMASSOURE, Chair of the TAXE Committee and exchange of views with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC and Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs.

Exchange of views with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC and Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs: extracts from the opening statements

Joinly meeting of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE) in the EP&nbsp;in Brussels. Exchange of views and answers by Margrethe VESTAGER, Member of the EC in charge of Competition. Questions and remarks by Werner LANGEN (EPP, DE), Rapporteur, Ram&oacute;n J&Aacute;UREGUI ATONDO (S&amp;D, ES), Bernd LUCKE (ECR, DE), Nils TORVALDS (ALDE, FI).

Exchange of views with Margrethe VESTAGER, Member of the EC in charge of Competition: extracts from the joint meeting

Meeting of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings (TAXE) on the Report of the special committee on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg. Statements by Elisa FERREIRA (S&amp;D,PT) and Michael THEURER (ALDE,DE)

Report of the special committee on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect: extracts from the report by Elisa FERREIRA (S&D, PT) and Michael THEURER (ALDE, DE) at the Special Committee on Tax Rulings

Press conference by Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP, FR), Chair of the TAXE Committee and Pierre GRAMEGNA, Minister of Finance of Grand-Duché de Luxembourg and by Elisa FERREIRA (S&D, PT) and Michael THEURER (ALDE, DE), Rapporteurs on the meeting of TAXE Committee ad hoc Delegation to Luxembourg.

TAXE Committee ad hoc Delegation to Luxembourg: extracts from the press conference by Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP, FR), Chair of the TAXE Committee and Pierre GRAMEGNA, Minister of Finance of Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Public Hearing organised by the TAXE Committee, on Tax Rulings and Harmful Tax Practices in the EP in Brussels .&nbsp;Statements by Richard BROOKS, Investigative Journalist (ICIJ), TIME, Edouard PERRIN, Investigative Journalist (ICIJ), Michael THEURER (ALDE, DE), Frank ENGEL (EPP, LU), Jeppe KOFOD (S&amp;D, DK), Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP, FR), Fabio DE MASI (GUE/NGL, DE) and Marco VALLI (EFDD, IT)

Public Hearing on Tax Rulings and Harmful Tax Practices: extracts from the Hearing

Meeting of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings in the EP in brussels. Statements by Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP,FR), Chair of the TAXE Committee, Elisa FERREIRA (S&D,PT)and Michael THEURER (ALDE,DE), rapporteurs and statement by Edouard PERRIN, Journalist.

Meeting of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings: statements by Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP,FR), Chair of the TAXE Committee, Elisa FERREIRA (S&D,PT)and Michael THEURER (ALDE,DE), rapporteurs and by Edouard PERRIN, Journalist

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