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19
MAY
2025

Le Monde

Mathieu Parenti: "Measuring tax and environmental avoidance"

Mathieu Parenti is one of three economists, not including the winner, nominated by the jury for the Best Young Economist 2025 Prize, which includes representatives from the Cercle des économistes and Le Monde, for their work in building peaceful societies capable of facing the challenges of today.

13
MAY
2025

Bloomberg Law

EU Official Defends Cross-Border Tax Information Reporting Rules

Speaking at an EU Tax Observatory event in Brussels, Reinhard Biebel, the head of unit for direct tax policy and cooperation in the European Commission, said he disagrees with those calling for the repeal of the law, known as DAC6.

13
MAY
2025

Bloomberg Tax

‘No Desire Whatsoever’ to Drop Minimum Tax Law, EU Says

Hoekstra said the EU is keen to engage with the US in seeking a solution to an EU law that could tax US companies if they’re found to be paying less than a 15% effective corporate rate. He was speaking Tuesday at an EU Tax Observatory event in Brussels.

12
MAY
2025

Il Sole 24 Ore

Global tax on the ultra-rich, the choice that divides millionaires

The movement to tax the ultra-rich has developed a number of proposals to achieve greater tax fairness. The most important is that of French economist Gabriel Zucman, who aims to create a minimal global tax on the wealth of millionaires and billionaires.

8
MAY
2025

The Guardian

‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?

President Trump’s tariffs have plunged the world economy into chaos. But history counsels against despair – and the left should seize on capitalism’s crisis of legitimacy.

8
MAY
2025

Jornal de Negocios

In the EU, multinationals saw their corporate income tax bill fall to 18.1% in 2022

The effective tax paid by multinationals in the European Union (EU) fell by 2.7 percentage points between 2014 and 2022, to 18.1 per cent, mainly on the back of reforms that have reduced the tax base and are ‘exacerbated by tax competition’ between member states.

8
MAY
2025

elDiario

Governing with whims: the consultation on BBVA's takeover bid for Sabadell

EU Tax Observatory's study warns that corporate tax has been reduced by nearly five percentage points since 2014 for multinationals operating in our country.

7
MAY
2025

Euronews

Europe’s top tax breaks for the rich – see how countries compare

Another way that rich individuals can enjoy low effective tax rates is through the use of shell companies, according to the EU Tax Observatory.

6
MAY
2025

Libération

Europe taxes multinationals' profits less and less

A study by the EU Tax Observatory highlights the decline in the effective tax rate for large corporations and the proliferation of tax exemptions available to them.

6
MAY
2025

Tax Notes

EU Tax Observatory Urges More Talks on Pillar 2 Tax Incentives

EU Tax Observatory Urges More Talks on Pillar 2 Tax Incentives

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