European Parliament
Mairead McGuinness  (PPE ),
in writing.
– This report focuses on the tax initiatives taken by the Commission during 2011; it also suggests areas where further initiatives are necessary. Although the report notes that taxation is a matter for national and, in some cases, local sovereignty, it does ‘stress’ that some eventual tax harmonisation could encourage growth and job creation. It is for this reason that I abstained in the final vote on this report.

