Jesus Civs
Civaholic
The EU, at some stage in the future, will want to impose a universal tax system on each member state.
Do you think this is a good idea?
Do you think this is a good idea?
The EU, at some stage in the future, will want to impose a universal tax system on each member state.
Do you think this is a good idea?
This won't ever happen. EU might agree that certain part of the tax money would be given to the EU ("Eurotax"), but it would be foolish if it forced its members to adopt a single rate.
agreed.
I would really favor the EU being sponsored by a direct tax (perhaps a 1% sale tax) instead of the money coming from the budgets of the individual states. At the moment, it really isnt that transparant who is paying how much for which reason.
Pro: It would mean lower taxes on work and higher corporate taxes in Austria
Contra: It would undermine Austrias economic strategy to attract corporations from Germany with lower corporate taxes.
All in all I would be for an harmonisation as it would partially end the downward spiral of corporate taxes (+force those "tax free havens" to adopt the new tax system as well).
Which is why certain countries will never agree with it![]()
Well...the prospect of lower taxes on income would be very popular and put pressure on politicians. But then some parties are affiliated strongly with big business and they only care to keep corporate taxes low. So the ratio of populist versus bought politicians would decide if EU harmonises the taxes. Anyways, the any-member-has-veto situation means that a couple of black sheep like Austria can blockade this idea (+ EU is deliberately slandered into unpopular status by our politicians).
+force those "tax free havens" to adopt the new tax system as well.
Isle of Man, Jersey, Gibraltar etc aren't actually governed by EU laws. That's the beauty about them!
I know that. But threaten them with trade restrictions/ penalties and they will submit. And I don´t see beauty in causing lost tax revenue and thus being indirectly responsible for higher taxes in other countries.