Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-092"
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"Mr President, they do not give up, do they? Despite the Commission’s insistence that this proposal is not aimed at tax harmonisation, it will force countries that apply tax on registration of vehicles to phase that out and it will make all countries apply the same level of emissions-linking to the so-called ‘annual circulation tax’. Is that harmonisation, or is it not?
The rapporteur gives the game away when she argues that in the long term it would be of great advantage to approximate the ACT rates – meaning the same rates of road tax in all countries. They simply do not understand that allowing countries the freedom to choose how much revenue to raise and how to raise it is a fundamental responsibility of our elected national governments. Moreover, competition over tax rates and tax bases between national authorities is actually a good thing for business and economic growth – witness the general reductions in company tax over the past few years.
The worry is that when the EU gets involved it inevitably screws up. For instance, despite eight directives on value-added tax so far, the administration of VAT remains as complex as ever and fraud is now running into billions. Unfortunately the drive for tax harmonisation in the European Union remains alive as always. I sincerely hope, though, that this particular piece of legislation may be stopped."@en1
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