This working document is an updated version of the study originally published in 1998 under the title 'Tax Competition in the European Union'. The General Introduction covers the recent history of tax policy within the European Union, and examines the current situation in the fields of Corporate...

This study highlights the importance of taxation for a very broad range of operations of companies in the Internal market. The evidence obtained from the responses provided by the 700 companies involved in the European Tax Survey strongly indicates that compliance costs of EU companies increase...

A report of the Activities of the European Union in the tax field in 2002.