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Gordon Brown stepped up his anti-European rhetoric by insisting Britain would resist EU proposals
for harmonised corporate tax and VAT rates.
http://www.news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=1298902003
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Monti clamps down on Gibraltar
Gibraltar looks set to lose its tax haven status today as EU competition commissioner, Mario Monti,
asks it to phase out its Exempt Company regime by 2005, reports the Associated Press.
http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1131649
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EU reaches compromise on savings tax
A historic compromise agreement has been reached within the European Union on rules governing the
taxation of savings invested abroad.
http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1132237
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EU companies favour tax harmony
European companies believe that tax harmonisation across the European Union will benefit them more
than any other measure imposed on the single market.
http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1132264
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Monti calls for ban on two EU tax regimes
European Union competition commissioner Mario Monti is to ask his colleagues on the European
Commission to ban two special tax regimes - in Netherlands and Belgium - while allowing a
threatened taxation system in Ireland to continue.
http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1132604
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FDs overwhelmingly reject EU tax harmony
Pressure for the UK to move towards tax harmonisation with the rest of Europe has been rejected out
of hand by the country's finance directors.
http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1134946
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British finance minister issues strong warning over EU tax harmonisation
EU member states must ditch plans to harmonise their taxes as part of a new constitution or risk
remaining a rigid economic bloc unable to compete with Asia and the United States, Britain's
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, warned.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/55703/1/.html
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Damaging rift opens between Blair and Brown
A damaging rift has opened up at the top of the Labour government between chancellor Gordon Brown
and prime minister Tony Blair over European tax harmonisation and membership of the party's ruling
National Executive.
http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1135440
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IoD: 'Tax treaties must be amended'
The Institute of Directors says rather than introduce European Union-wide tax harmonisation,
'European treaties should be amended to respect the rights of member states to protect their tax
bases'.
http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1135492
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Primarolo Repeats UK Threat To Cayman Islands Over EU Tax Directive
Following comments made by UK Chancellor Gordon Brown in September this year, the Paymaster General
Dawn Primarolo has repeated the government's threat to force the Cayman Islands to abide by the
terms of the European Savings Directive by means of legislation. Sovereign Tax News
http://www.iofc.net/sovereign/story.asp?storyname=14167
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Brown to attack EU harmonisation plans
A new attack on European Union pressure to harmonise corporate taxation is due from chancellor
Gordon Brown at today's EU Finance Ministers' Council meeting.
http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1135668
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European Commission Committed To Removal Of Cross-Border Tax Obstacles
The European Commission has presented an overview of its efforts to remove tax barriers affecting
the operation of cross-border, intra-market commerce between member states which confirms its
commitment to the '2001 strategy' of legislative proposals as well as work on more long-term goals
such as allowing firms to use a single company tax base for all activities undertaken within the
EU. Sovereign Tax News
http://www.iofc.net/sovereign/story.asp?storyname=14223
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