Translation of "Selon les règles fiscales " (French → English) :

22. Supports the Commission's efforts to establish a pan-European and uniform common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB); notes that a CCCTB will lead to greater transparency by enabling companies to operate according to the same rules abroad as at home, will increase cross-border trade and investment, and will significantly reduce administrative costs and the possibility of tax evasion and fraud; considers it necessary to introduce measures specifically designed to reduce tax compliance costs faced by SMEs, such as home state taxation provisions;

22. Supports the Commission's efforts to establish a pan-European and uniform common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB); notes that a CCCTB will lead to greater transparency by enabling companies to operate according to the same rules abroad as at home, will increase cross-border trade and investment, and will significantly reduce administrative costs and the possibility of tax evasion and fraud; considers it necessary to introduce measures specifically designed to reduce tax compliance costs faced by SMEs, such as home state taxation provisions;

22. Believes that tax and administration systems relating to the creation and the development of small businesses should be simplified, that tax obstacles to all forms of cross-border economic activity should be eliminated, for instance by a common system of value added tax, and that the fight against illegal state aid in the form of harmful tax competition should continue; supports in particular the Commission proposals for a pilot scheme for home state taxation for SMEs, which provide a short-term solution for small businesses and ...[+++]supplement the principal measure in this area - the common consolidated corporate tax base; urges Member States to reform and simplify their tax systems relating to the creation and the development of small businesses, to provide incentives for innovative companies and to abolish disadvantages created by tax systems for equity financing;

17. Considers that the system of home State taxation could, subject to the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral agreements among Member States dealing with all technical issues and establishing a mechanism for sharing the tax revenue among the different national tax administrations involved in order to avoid harmful tax competition, constitute a considerable simplification for the cross-border activities of SMEs; supports the Commission proposal for a pilot project based on this system, which will make it possible for SMEs to calculate the taxable revenue of the parent company and of all the branches and subsidiaries established in o ...[+++]ther Member States participating in the project by applying the tax rules in force in their home States;

19. Considers that the system of home State taxation could, subject to the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral agreements among Member States dealing with all technical issues and establishing a mechanism for sharing the tax revenue among the different national tax administrations involved in order to avoid harmful tax competition, constitute a considerable simplification for the cross-border activities of SMEs; supports the Commission proposal for a pilot project based on this system, which will make it possible for SMEs to calculate the taxable revenue of the parent company and of all the branches and subsidiaries established in o ...[+++]ther Member States participating in the project by applying the tax rules in force in their home States;

The rate of taxation for this program which was 2 per cent in 1952 had risen to 4 per cent in 1972 and, according to established taxation policies, higher income earners have paid proportionally more into the plan.