This is the first time since its low point in 2010 that the tax-to-GDP ratio in both zones did not increase.

156. Highlights the fact that specific attention should be paid at national, EU and international level to the situation of developing countries and, in particular, least developed countries, which usually are the most affected by corporate tax avoidance and have very narrow tax bases and low tax-to-GDP ratios, when devising actions and policies to tackle tax avoidance; stresses that those actions and policies should contribute to generating public revenues commensurate with the value added generated on their territory, so as to appropriately finance their development strategies, the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and t ...[+++]he post-2015 development agenda; welcomes, against this background, the work of the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters; asks the Commission to support the interests of developing countries in existing international initiatives and to include representatives from developing countries in its Platform for Tax Good Governance;

154. Highlights the fact that specific attention should be paid at national, EU and international level to the situation of developing countries and, in particular, least developed countries, which usually are the most affected by corporate tax avoidance and have very narrow tax bases and low tax-to-GDP ratios, when devising actions and policies to tackle tax avoidance; stresses that those actions and policies should contribute to generating public revenues commensurate with the value added generated on their territory, so as to appropriately finance their development strategies, the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and t ...[+++]he post-2015 development agenda; welcomes, against this background, the work of the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters; asks the Commission to support the interests of developing countries in existing international initiatives and to include representatives from developing countries in its Platform for Tax Good Governance;

P. whereas, comparatively speaking, developing countries raise substantially less revenue than advanced economies (with a tax-to-GDP ratio range of 10-20 %, as opposed to a range of 30-40 % for OECD economies) and are characterised by extremely narrow tax bases; whereas there is considerable potential for broadening tax bases and increasing the amount of tax revenues in order to provide the necessary means for essential governmental responsibilities;

P. whereas, comparatively speaking, developing countries raise substantially less revenue than advanced economies (with a tax-to-GDP ratio range of 10-20 %, as opposed to a range of 30-40 % for OECD economies) and are characterised by extremely narrow tax bases; whereas there is considerable potential for broadening tax bases and increasing the amount of tax revenues in order to provide the necessary means for essential governmental responsibilities;

P. whereas, comparatively speaking, developing countries raise substantially less revenue than advanced economies (with a tax-to-GDP ratio range of 10-20 %, as opposed to a range of 30-40 % for OECD economies) and are characterised by extremely narrow tax bases; whereas there is considerable potential for broadening tax bases and increasing the amount of tax revenues in order to provide the necessary means for essential governmental responsibilities;