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100 1 0 _aGarnier, Gaëlle
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700 1 0 _a György, Endre
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700 1 0 _a Heineken, Kees
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700 1 0 _a Mathé, Milena
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700 1 0 _a Puglisi, Laura
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700 1 0 _a Ruà, Savino
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700 1 0 _a Skonieczna, Agnieszka
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700 1 0 _a Van Mierlo, Astrid
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245 0 0 _aA wind of change? Reforms of Tax Systems since the launch of Europe 2020
260 _c2015.
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520 _aThis paper reviews the tax reforms implemented by EU Member States since the adoption of the first country-specific recommendations in the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy. Even though there is a need for more action, as evidenced by the number of tax recommendations, overall many Member States have put in place reforms that follow the logic of the EU policy recommendations in most priority areas. A large number of Member States have recently introduced targeted reductions in the tax burden on labour and have shifted the tax burden towards less detrimental tax bases, although these changes have been of a limited magnitude. Tax incentives to support research and development have grown in importance, and have contributed to sustaining R&D investment during the crisis. Regarding private debt, which was one of the roots of the crisis, several Member States have taken measures to reduce the debt bias in their tax system. Almost half of the Member States have shifted some of the tax burden to recurrent immovable property taxes, even if significant increases were only observed in a few countries. Finally, many Member States have worked on strengthening tax compliance with some of them reporting tangible financial results. However, progress has been more limited in relation to environmental tax reforms and VAT. JEL classification: H11, H20, H24, H25, H26, H27, H87
690 _acompliance
690 _aVAT
690 _apersonal income taxation
690 _afraud
690 _atax policy
690 _aEuropean Semester
690 _aEuropean Union
690 _aresearch and development
690 _ataxation
690 _aenvironment
690 _acorporate taxation
786 0 _nReflets et perspectives de la vie économique | Volume LIII | 2 | 2015-01-30 | p. 75-111 | 0034-2971
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-reflets-et-perspectives-de-la-vie-economique-2014-2-page-75?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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