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Written by Clare Ferguson

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Parliament’s next plenary session in Strasbourg, from 26-29 October 2015 will open with a joint debate on Monday evening linked to the Commission’s tax transparency package. The recent public scandals concerning controversial corporate tax practices have prompted the Commission to propose three measures in a tax transparency package: a proposal on mandatory automatic exchange of tax information, repeal of the existing Savings Tax Directive, and the EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information. Will the measures lead to a revolution in the way corporations do business in Europe – or do they merely represent a natural evolution? Either way, Member States governments are hoping to be able to book higher tax revenues.

Exchange of tax information [Podcast]

Continuing on economic policy, the next day MEPs will vote on a compromise text endorsed by the Economic & Monetary Affairs Committee…

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