Translation of "Corporate revenue base " (English → French) :

32. Stresses that the fight against tax evasion should be a top priority for the European Union, especially in the current crisis situation, where tax evasion represents a major loss for national budgets and extra revenues could be used to increase public investment; points out the need to ensure smooth cooperation and coordination between the Commission and the Member States to fight against double taxation, double non-taxation, tax fraud, tax evasion and dumping, and the use of tax havens for illicit purposes; more generally, calls for greater fiscal coordination on both the revenue and expenditure sides, including smooth cooperation ...[+++] and coordination between Member States’ tax systems, also for a reduction in the heavy administrative burdens and high tax compliance costs that European businesses are facing and which create disincentives for investment in the European Union; welcomes Parliament’s legislative resolution on a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) while looking forward to the directive’s adoption by the Council; ;

Notes, echoing the work carried out by Mario Monti, that increases in public revenue linked to good economic performance have generally led to tax cuts; notes that taxation on labour should be reduced in order to increase European competitiveness; supports Mario Monti’s proposals for the establishment of a Tax Policy Group, which would bring together representatives from the Member States, as an important way of encouraging dialogue between European countries; invites the policy group to discuss primarily the framework for a tax system that would address environmental goals and support resource efficiency; welcomes the proposal for a ...[+++] directive on a common consolidated corporate tax base in the 2011 Commission work programme;

Welcomes the new programme for the competitiveness of SMEs (COSME); notes the successful actions of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP); believes that these actions – such as the High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders for Administrative Burden Reduction and the Enterprise Europe Network –should be continued and further expanded under the new programme; underlines the need to improve access to finance for SMEs and strengthen the role that the private sector could play; calls for the simplification and rationalisation of the various Union instruments devoted to access to credit, guarantees or venture capital, in particular for SMEs with internationalisation plans; calls for a review of the costs and availab ...[+++]ility of basic banking services for SMEs involved in cross-border – especially cross-currency – trade, including outside the EU; encourages the Member States to explore the possibility of using parts of their national corporate tax revenues to facilitate access to loan guarantees for SMEs; stresses that all instruments, in particular the non-financial instruments, should be adopted based on a critical evaluation of the CIP and in close cooperation with SME organisations;

The objective of the corporate income tax system is to generate revenue for the budget. The question arises whether this objective is taken into account where companies unduly reduce their tax base by using loss carry-forwards from shell companies.

for 2008, the Commission services' spring 2008 forecast projects the headline deficit to be reduced further, to 2,0 % of GDP, driven mainly by continued strong growth prospects and some revenue-increasing measures such as a broadening of the corporate and personal income tax base and an increase in the maximum ceiling on social contributions.

Member States treating non-resident corporate taxpayers as fiscally transparent on this basis should grant the appropriate tax relief in respect of revenue which forms part of the tax base of the parent company.