Press Release: Strengthened mutual assistance between member states in the recovery of taxes

The Council on 16 March 2010 adopted a directive aimed at better clamping down on tax evasion by strengthening mutual assistance between member states in the recovery of taxes. The directive's main objective is to better fulfil the member states' needs with regard to the recovery of taxes, providing an overhaul of directive 76/308 (codified by directive 2008/55), on the basis of which the member states have engaged in mutual assistance since 1976.