Public expectations and EU policies - Fight against tax fraud
Briefing
30-06-2016
Tax matters remain closely linked to Member States, and the EU’s competences in tax are limited. Different forms of escaping tax obligations result in tax fraud, evasion or avoidance, dealing with which is a cross-border issue. The fight against fraud and evasion is a mix of national and EU actions. However, EU citizens express strong support for EU involvement in the fight against fraud and this creates a gap between citizens’ expectations and the actual EU involvement in this policy area.
Briefing
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- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- business classification
- corporation tax
- criminal law
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU budget
- EU competence
- EU finance
- EU financing
- EU programme
- European construction
- European tax cooperation
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- exchange of information
- FINANCE
- information and information processing
- LAW
- multinational enterprise
- opinion poll
- social framework
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- tax avoidance
- tax evasion
- taxation