Translation of "Régime fiscal des gains en capital " (French → English) :

A foreign investor, in particular a financial institution, could thus benefit from the scheme and from the resulting increased cash flow irrespective of its tax domicile.

38. Stresses the need for the Member States to preserve adequate levels of funding for social security and pensions systems and the need to find alternative and robust tax bases in the face of the increased competition brought about by globalisation; stresses the importance of reducing reliance on labour taxation in order to increase the competitiveness of Member State economies and provide more work incentives; recognises the complexity involved in shifting to a more capital based taxation, given the smaller capital tax base and greater mobility of capital; suggests that shifting to new methods of taxation and/or other alternatives c ...[+++]ould be considered to improve the financial sustainability of social spending, which would reduce the tax burden on people with lower incomes; maintains that employers' social security contributions represent an investment because they result in increased productivity, this being one of the reasons why countries with high social spending are also the most competitive;

38. Stresses the need for the Member States to preserve adequate levels of funding for social security and pensions systems, the need to find alternative and robust tax bases in the face of the increased competition brought about by globalisation; stresses the importance of reducing reliance on labour taxation in order to increase the competitiveness of Member States" economies and provide more work incentives; recognises the complexity involved in shifting to a more capital based taxation, given the smaller capital tax base and greater mobility of capital; suggests that shifting to new ways of taxation and/or other alternatives could be considered to im ...[+++]prove the financial sustainability of social spending, which would reduce the tax burden on people with lower incomes; maintains that the employers' social security contributions represent an investment because they result in increased productivity, this being one of the reasons why countries with high social spending are also the most competitive;

It is believed that shifting from direct to indirect taxation, i.e. from employees and economic performance towards consumption, could substantially reduce the overall tax burdens on income and capital and therefore, by causing less disincentives to work or set up business, rise the long-run economic potential, growth and employment.

(139) Wfa's exemption from property tax (Vermögenssteuer), tax on business capital (Gewerbekapitalsteuer) and corporation tax (Körperschaftssteuer) is provided for in the German tax system.

Whereas it is also necessary to define the tax regime applicable to certain provisions, reserves or losses of the transferring company and to solve the tax problems occurring where one of the two companies has a holding in the capital of the other;