EU Commissioner Speaks on Agenda for Taxation in the Single Market

EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici recently spoke on his taxation agenda for the EU focused on "fairness, transparency and a truly single market from a taxation point of view." The two key actions discussed include:

• The introduction of the automatic exchange of information on tax rulings by EU Member States in order to increase transparency and reduce harmful tax rulings; and
• The launch of an action plan by mid-2015 that will build on th…