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    Follow‑up tax files: financial‑sector taxation and 28th regime introduction

    The committee closes the DEBRA item and turns to the rapporteur’s draft report on financial‑sector taxation, with groups stating political priorities and outlining the procedural calendar, before opening a new hearing where think‑tanks and practitioners present proposals and legal constraints for an optional 28th tax regime for start‑ups.

    In this chapter

    1. EU financial‑sector taxation report: presentation and political positioningMatthias Ecke
    2. 28th tax regime for start‑ups: expert proposals and constraints

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    DEBRA hearing: context, expert input and MEP Q&A

    From the Chair’s opening and framing of the DEBRA hearing through two Q&A rounds, MEPs and experts examine debt‑equity bias, ACE‑type schemes, limits on interest deductibility, distributional effects, subsidiarity, and risks of tax competition and capital flight for EU tax coordination.

    In this chapter

    1. Opening and DEBRA hearing setup
    2. DEBRA hearing: first Q&A block on efficiency, resilience and inequality
    3. DEBRA hearing: second Q&A block on design flaws, subsidiarity and capital flightSiegbert Frank Droese

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    Public hearing on affordability for first-time buyers and renters
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    Subcommittee on Tax Matters - Ordinary meeting
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    Subcommittee on Tax Matters - Ordinary meeting

Who spoke at the committee

  • Pasquale Tridico 10 sittings
  • Siegbert Frank Droese 7 sittings
  • Matthias Ecke 6 sittings
  • Jussi Saramo 5 sittings
  • Pierre Pimpie 5 sittings
  • Evelyn Regner 4 sittings
  • Kinga Kollár 4 sittings
  • Bruno Gonçalves 3 sittings
  • Fernando Navarrete Rojas 3 sittings
  • Kira Marie Peter-Hansen 3 sittings
  • Luděk Niedermayer 3 sittings
  • Regina Doherty 3 sittings
  • Andreas Schwab 2 sittings
  • Florence Blatrix Contat 2 sittings
  • Herbert Dorfmann 2 sittings
  • Julien Sanchez 2 sittings
  • Michalis Hadjipantela 2 sittings
  • Petr Klement 2 sittings
  • Alice-Mary Higgins 1 sitting
  • Andrzej Robaczewski 1 sitting
  • Apostolos Thomadakis 1 sitting
  • Danuše Nerudová 1 sitting
  • Evika SILIŅA 1 sitting
  • Fabio De Masi 1 sitting
  • Filip Debelva 1 sitting
  • Francisco Assis 1 sitting
  • Gilles Boyer 1 sitting
  • Hugo Costa 1 sitting
  • Irene Tinagli 1 sitting
  • Jana Murová 1 sitting

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