The report – prepared by co-rapporteurs Elisa Ferreira (S&D, PT) and Michael Theurer (ALDE, DE) – was approved by 34 votes to 3, with 7 abstentions.
MEPs base their recommendations on the principle that multinational companies should pay their taxes where they make their profits. They feel that today’s corporate tax competition – prompting aggressive tax planning and evasion, without any agreed framework – is harmful Apart from the loss of public income, it is considered unfair that big companies pay hardly any taxes on their profits, whereas citizens and small and medium-sized firms have to pay their full share.
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