For a Fair, Modern & Efficient Corporate Taxation in Europe

Lux Leaks, the Panama Papers and most recently the Paradise Papers have dramatized the need for a radical reform of the corporate taxation in Europe. Tax havens, letterbox companies, transfer pricing, digital sales and a cross-national race to the bottom in corporate tax rates and enforcement are practices which have increased the disparity between the way workers and corporations are taxed and reduced the resources available to public budgets. Changes in regulation and enforcement are needed to reduce unfairness and increase the efficiency of the current system of corporate taxation. The S&D Group in the European Parliament, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and the Think-tank for Action on Social Change (TASC) are co-organizing an all-day conference to discuss problems and policy solutions in this area. In a set of keynote speeches and workshops, experts and actors from academia, trade unions, civil society and government will address current proposals to deal these problems and help develop a progressive agenda on European taxation reform. Over 25 speakers, including:

• James S. HENRY, Columbia University Center On Sustainable Investment & author of “The Blood Bankers: Tales from the Global Underground Economy”
• Ruud de MOOIJ, Division Chief of the Tax Policy Division in the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department
• Pierre MOSCOVICI, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, European Commission

6 thematic workshops:

1. Taxing the Digital Giants
2. Own Resources: Possibilities & Strategy
3. Country-by-Country Reporting & the Tax Transparency Agenda
4. Letterbox Companies, Tax Havens & the Tax Avoidance Industry
5. Taxing Multinationals through Consolidation & Apportionment of Profit
6. Internal Market Distortions & The Race to the Bottom