This survey summarizes the state and development of European tax policy, in particular discussing the harmonization progress in direct as well as indirect taxes. Based on an overview over the theoretical and empirical literature on tax competition, we further ask whether increased tax...

List of figures and tables -- Introduction -- The tax harmonization issue in the European Union -- The evolution of tax harmonization in the European Union -- The need for EU coordination of corporate income taxes : facts and statistics -- Objectives of the corporate tax income coordination...