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Capital gains taxes create a bias against saving, leading to a lower level of national income by encouraging present consumption over investment.

Denmark levies the highest top capital gains tax of all countries covered, at a rate of 42 percent. Norway levies the second-highest top capital gains tax at 37.8 percent. The Netherlands follow at 36 percent.

Explore the latest data: https://t.co/uYAPXl0l9T

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The European Commission has plans to generate more tax revenue to fund the forthcoming MFF, the long-term budget running from 2028 to 2034. But the truth is, without serious reform, the EU isn’t ready for new taxation.

Read more: https://t.co/acB6R4ic6l

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Poland is currently moving forward with legislation aimed at introducing a windfall profits tax. In doing so, it is following a broader European trend of renewed interest in such taxes in response to rising fuel prices triggered by the conflict in the Middle East.

Read more: https://t.co/qkUhjPH7wW

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Shifting the tax burden from labor to consumption can improve incentives to work and expand the labor supply. However, combining a higher VAT rate with base-narrowing measures would likely eliminate any additional revenue. As a result, the reform would fail to create additional fiscal space for labor tax cuts.

Read more: https://t.co/iS9ciCB35w

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Who really pays for European welfare states? Many assume the answer is obvious: high-income earners contribute while low-income earners benefit. However, that assumption is only partly true, and often misleading.

Read more: https://t.co/xhGQFO356Q

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Since digital services taxes generate little revenue, place the cost on European consumers and not on large digital companies as intended, and risk escalating trade disputes, policymakers should rethink their strategy. Read more: https://t.co/Gj0mejpnPP

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In recent years, several countries have taken measures to reduce carbon emissions, including instituting environmental regulations, emissions trading systems (ETSs), and carbon taxes. In 1990, Finland was the world’s first country to introduce a carbon tax.

Since then, 24 European countries have implemented carbon taxes, ranging from less than €1 per metric ton of carbon emissions in Ukraine and Poland to more than €125 in Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.

Explore the data: https://t.co/sTsILX7Zv1

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Debates over tax fairness and anti-avoidance rules have dominated European tax policy circles for over a decade. However, as geoeconomic pressures increase around the world, policymakers are looking for ways to boost European competitiveness and economic growth. 

This new analysis examines how the design of a country’s tax system affects economic growth, and what role European-level harmonization should play: https://t.co/ayGvSKpsfV

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EU businesses increasingly operate under complex, outdated, or overlapping tax rules that are applied unevenly across Member States, raising compliance costs and weakening the Single Market.

The European Commission’s Tax Omnibus proposal would amend six directives on direct taxation to simplify the framework, reduce administrative burdens, and strengthen competitiveness.

Read more: https://t.co/a5kdaIpXF8

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Closing the EU’s value-added tax (VAT) actionable policy gap could yield €773 billion in government revenue—four times the EU’s 2026 budget.

Read more: https://t.co/8crNvUInhg

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In recent years, European Union countries have experienced high inflation—driven by supply factors, demand, and imported inflation—that has significantly altered the economic landscape. This shift from low to high prices has profound implications, especially from a fiscal perspective.

Our research focuses on the inflationary environment’s fiscal consequences. Read more: https://t.co/C6iomlfkwH #inflation #europe

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@Reuters See our latest testimony on this issue: https://t.co/ytrPU644Xe

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Digital services taxes generate limited tax revenue, increase complexity and compliance costs, negatively impact innovation and competitiveness, risk escalating trade disputes, and are often passed on to consumers.

Our latest testimony: https://t.co/3vDHgiJpe8 @crisberechet

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@CBSNews See our latest testimony on this issue: https://t.co/ytrPU644Xe

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Digital services taxes generate limited tax revenue, increase complexity and compliance costs, negatively impact innovation and competitiveness, risk escalating trade disputes, and are often passed on to consumers.

Our latest testimony: https://t.co/3vDHgiJpe8 @crisberechet

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@TrumpTruthOnX See our latest testimony on this issue: https://t.co/ytrPU644Xe

[Tax Foundation Europe @TFEuropeTax]

Digital services taxes generate limited tax revenue, increase complexity and compliance costs, negatively impact innovation and competitiveness, risk escalating trade disputes, and are often passed on to consumers.

Our latest testimony: https://t.co/3vDHgiJpe8 @crisberechet

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@business See our latest testimony on this issue: https://t.co/ytrPU644Xe

[Tax Foundation Europe @TFEuropeTax]

Digital services taxes generate limited tax revenue, increase complexity and compliance costs, negatively impact innovation and competitiveness, risk escalating trade disputes, and are often passed on to consumers.

Our latest testimony: https://t.co/3vDHgiJpe8 @crisberechet

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@DEADLINE See our latest testimony on this issue: https://t.co/ytrPU644Xe

[Tax Foundation Europe @TFEuropeTax]

Digital services taxes generate limited tax revenue, increase complexity and compliance costs, negatively impact innovation and competitiveness, risk escalating trade disputes, and are often passed on to consumers.

Our latest testimony: https://t.co/3vDHgiJpe8 @crisberechet

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@FT See our latest testimony on this issue: https://t.co/ytrPU644Xe

[Tax Foundation Europe @TFEuropeTax]

Digital services taxes generate limited tax revenue, increase complexity and compliance costs, negatively impact innovation and competitiveness, risk escalating trade disputes, and are often passed on to consumers.

Our latest testimony: https://t.co/3vDHgiJpe8 @crisberechet

[Tax Foundation Europe @TFEuropeTax]

Digital services taxes generate limited tax revenue, increase complexity and compliance costs, negatively impact innovation and competitiveness, risk escalating trade disputes, and are often passed on to consumers.

Our latest testimony: https://t.co/3vDHgiJpe8 @crisberechet

[Tax Foundation Europe @TFEuropeTax]

Capital gains taxes create a bias against saving, leading to a lower level of national income by encouraging present consumption over investment.

Denmark levies the highest top capital gains tax of all countries covered, at a rate of 42 percent. Norway levies the second-highest top capital gains tax at 37.8 percent. The Netherlands follow at 36 percent.

Explore the latest data: https://t.co/hr2uQtqPwr

[Tax Foundation Europe @TFEuropeTax]

The European Commission has plans to generate more tax revenue to fund the forthcoming MFF, the long-term budget running from 2028 to 2034. But the truth is, without serious reform, the EU isn’t ready for new taxation.

Read more: https://t.co/vwuEg0pn0f