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Tax justice and fairness should be the backbone of a progressive economic policy. It is estimated that tax fraud, evasion and avoidance all together amount to as much as 1 trillion € each year in Europe. It means a loss of about 2 thousand € per person. That is simply unacceptable.

 Fairness is not the unique reason to justify a reform of the taxation system in European countries and a more European approach to corporate tax in particular. Disruptive changes due to the globalisation and digitalisation of the economy require a modernisation of tax methods to secure contributions by global and digital firms. Furthermore, EU-led tax reforms are well-founded to ensure a well-functioning of the internal market and prevent distortions.

Presentations of the event "For a Fair, Modern and Efficient Taxation in Europe" (9th April 2018, Brussels)

Ruud de Mooij: Towards Fair and Balanced Corporate Taxation in Europe

James S. Henry: Elephant in the Hallway - The US As a Tax Haven

Thematic workshop: Letterbox companies, tax havens & the tax avoidance industry

Johan Langerock: Oxfam Work on Tax havens

Prem Sikka: Tax havens & the tax avoidance industry

Jan Cremers: Letterbox companies and the evasion of contributions to our welfare state

Thematic workshop: Own Resources: Possibilities & Strategy

Danuse Nerudová: Sustainability-oriented Future EU Funding: C(C)CTB as a possible New Own Resource

Jacques Le Cacheux: Corporate Income Tax as a Genuine Own Resource

Jorge Núñez Ferrer: Panel: Own Resources

Friedrich Heinemann: Own Resources: Possibilities & Strategy

Thematic workshop: Country-by-Country Reporting & the Tax Transparency Agenda

Related articles published by FEPS in Progressive Post

• How can we ensure that the internet giants pay their fair share of tax? By Pervenche Berès

• Tax us if you can: big techs’ challenge to the state. By Richard Murphy

• Why facebook should be taxed and how to do it. By Paul Tang

• How the financial industry mobilised against the European Financial Transaction Tax. By Lisa Kastner

• The never-ending story of the failure to indtriduce ta financial transaction tax. By Lisa Mittendrein

Articles published by FES

• FES on Overcoming the Shadow Economy
  
• FES on Haven no More
  
• FES on Curtailing Capital Flight from Africa

Related content by organisations invited to speak at the conference

• OXFAM & Fair Finance Guide Report on “Opening the vaults: the use of tax havens by Eruope’s biggest banks”.
  
• OXFAM Policy Paper on “Tax battles - The dangerous global race to the bottom on corporate tax"
• OXFAM Briefing Note on “Blacklist or Whitewash? What a real EU blacklist of tax havens should look like”
• Tax Justice Network Briefing on “The Professionals: Dealing with the enablers of tax avoidance and financial crime"
• Tax Justice Network Briefing on “Tax avoidance and evasion - the scale of the problem”
• Tax Justice Network working paper on “Lobbyism in International tax policy: the long and arduous path of country-by-country reporting"
• Transparency international EU Office on “Do corporate claims on public disclosure stack up? Impact of public reporting on corporate competitiveness”