Tag: PANA

  • Amazon: Juncker's tax deal infringes EU law

    A press release on the Commission's decision to demand a 250 million euros tax pay back from US-internet giant Amazon

    A press release on the Commission's decision to demand a 250 million euros tax pay back from US-internet giant Amazon

  • Azerbaijani Laundromat: a scandal made in Europe

    European measures to tackle money laundering have again been shown to be grossly inadequate in light of the Azerbaijani Laudromat scandal according to GUE/NGL MEP Fabio De Masi.

    European measures to tackle money laundering have again been shown to be grossly inadequate in light of the Azerbaijani Laudromat scandal according to GUE/NGL MEP Fabio De Masi.

  • Accountants face fines for aggressive corporate tax planning under draft EU law

    Tax advisers in the European Union risk fines for helping companies to cut their tax bills by shifting profits to low-tax countries, if proposed new EU legislation gets approval.

    Tax advisers in the European Union risk fines for helping companies to cut their tax bills by shifting profits to low-tax countries, if proposed new EU legislation gets approval.

  • PANA Bureau calls on Council to be more transparent about tax matters and money laundering

    The leading members of the PANA committee call on the Council for more transparency on tax issues and to work with the Parliament in the fight against money laundering and tax evasion.

    The leading members of the PANA committee call on the Council for more transparency on tax issues and to work with the Parliament in the fight against money laundering and tax evasion.
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    PANA meeting on tax evasion, money laundering and tax transparency chaired by Fabio De Masi

    Presentation of the studies “The Impact of Schemes revealed by the Panama Papers on the Economy and Finances of a Sample of Member States” and "Fighting tax crimes – Cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units. Ex-Post Impact Assessment."

    Presentation of the studies “The Impact of Schemes revealed by the Panama Papers on the Economy and Finances of a Sample of Member States” and "Fighting tax crimes – Cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units. Ex-Post Impact Assessment."

  • MEPs in fact-finding trip to US to probe into tax avoidance practices

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    GUE/NGL MEP Matt Carthy is amongst a delegation of nine MEPs visiting Washington DC and the state of Delaware this week as part of a fact-finding mission to the United States by the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA). The MEPs are ...

  • Press review: PANA Committee Meeting in Luxembourg

    A press review about the PANA Commitee Meeting in Luxembourg

    Luxemburger Wort, 03.03.2017 "[...] Wagner's colleague from the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of the PANA Committee Fabio De Masi (Die Linke) added: “Luxembourg is not the only tax swamp in the EU, but it is one of the central actors in the web of shell companies. “Luxembourg's government is continuing to block central transparency projects such as the public country-by-country reporting for companies ...

  • Luxembourg mission by MEPs to unearth findings on country’s tax haven situation

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    Members from the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) will be paying a two-day visit to Luxembourg today - in the third of a series of fact-finding missions to investigate practices of tax evasion and money laundering, including breaches of EU law ...

  • GUE/NGL MEPs in Malta to examine tax havens

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    Members from the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) are today in Malta for the second of four fact-finding missions focusing on tax havens. The trip comes against the backdrop of revelations today in the media that Keith Schembri, ...

  • Press review: PANA Committee Meeting in Malta

    The press reported about the PANA Committee Meeting in Malta

    Parliament's committee of inquiry into the Panama Papers scandal has this week sent an MEP delegation to Malta. The Parliament Magazin, 20.02.2017 "[...] Further comment came from Fabio De Masi, a Vice-Chair of the committee, who said, "With a corporate tax rate of just five per cent and an almost 100 per cent tax refund for shareholders, Malta has one of the most lenient corporate tax regimes in the EU, which in turn facilitates the laundering of criminal money ...

  • PANA Inquiry in London: The British tax haven empire

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    The European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) is going today, 9 February, to the United Kingdom on its first of four fact finding missions. Further visits will take place in Malta, Luxembourg and the United States. Fabio De Masi (GUE/NGL), ...

  • Anti-money laundering blacklist rejected: Left success

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    In the context of the implementation of the EU's 4th anti-money laundering directive (AMLD), the European Commission in December presented an updated list of high-risk third countries. Banks and other operators have to apply higher scrutiny and transparency standards when dealing with those countries because of the risks they pose regarding money laundering and terrorist financing ...

  • Press review: Maltas role in PanamaPaper scandal

    Politico reported about a series of scandals in Malta

    Politico, 11.01.2017 "[...]  One of the committee’s vice chairs, German MEP Fabio De Masi, challenged the Maltese government to prove its dedication toward tackling tax avoidance as part of its EU presidency, to make up for previous misdemeanors. “Malta is hardly a credible broker ...

  • Code of Conduct group: Finance Ministers must end blockade of tax justice

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    The British newspaper The Guardian published additional research on the cables of the German government containing detailed reports of the high level Code of Conduct group on business taxation. The group is supposed to tackle unfair tax practices of member states to favour transnational corporations ...
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