| Author (Corporate) | BBC |
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| Series Title | BBC News |
| Series Details | 9.8.10 |
| Publication Date | 09/08/2010 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Commission wants EU member states to consider allowing it to levy direct taxes - a move that could ease the burden on national budgets. The EU's Budget Commissioner, Janusz Lewandowski, said he would present some options in September 2010 for direct EU taxes. Taxes on aviation, financial transactions and CO2 emission permits are all possibilities, he told the daily Financial Times Deutschland on the 9 August 2010. Traditionally taxes are seen as a prerogative of nation states and any move by the European Commission to levy taxes directly is likely to be opposed by Eurosceptics wary of transferring powers to EU Institutions. On the 23 November 2010 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in the European Parliament that the European Commission would outline plans to publish an official proposal on EU self-funding before the end of June 2011. |
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| Source Link | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10912754 |
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| Subject Categories | Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
