whereas increased transparency regarding the activities of large MNC, and in particular regarding profits made, taxes on profit paid, subsidies received and tax refunds, number of employees and assets held is essential for ensuring that tax administrations tackle BEPS efficiently; whereas a right balance needs to be struck between transparency, personal data protection and commercial sensitivity, as well as considering the impact on smaller businesses; whereas one vital form for this transparency to take is country-by-country reporting; whereas any Union proposals for country-by-country reporting should in the first instance be based ...[+++]on the OECD template; whereas it is possible for the Union to go further than the OECD guidelines and make such country-by-country reporting mandatory and public, and the European Parliament voted in favour of full public country-by-country reporting in its amendments adopted on 8 July 2015 on the proposal for a revised Shareholder Rights Directive; whereas the European Commission conducted a consultation on this subject between 17 June and 9 September 2015 in order to explore different options for the implementation of country-by-country reporting ; whereas 88 % of those who responded publicly to that consultation said that they supported public disclosure of tax-related information by enterprises;

11. Believes that fundamental corporate governance principles of transparency and accountability will contribute to a strong and stable economy by reducing market volatility and increasing trust in businesses; calls for public, country-by-country reporting on large enterprises in all sectors to increase transparency regarding their activities, in particular regarding profits made, taxes on profit paid and subsidies received; believes that mandatory reporting in this area is an important element of the corporate responsibility of companies to shareholders and society;

48. Welcomes the progress made on country-by-country reporting under the Accounting and Transparency Directives; calls on the Commission to introduce, as the next step, country-by-country reporting for cross-border companies in all sectors, enhancing the transparency of payments transactions – by requiring disclosure of information such as the nature of the company’s activities and its geographical location, turn-over, number of employees on a full-time equivalent basis, profit or loss before tax, tax on profit or loss, and public subsidies received on a country-by-country basis on the trading of a group as a whole – in order to monitor ...[+++] respect for proper transfer pricing rules;

Value added at basic prices can be calculated from turnover (excluding VAT and other similar deductible taxes directly linked to turnover), plus capitalised production, plus other operating income plus or minus changes in stocks, minus the purchases of goods and services, minus taxes on products which are linked to turnover but not deductible plus any subsidies on products received.

In the PSD, subject to various eligibility conditions, Member States are obliged to exempt from taxation (or to grant credit for the taxation occurred abroad) profit distributions received by parent companies from subsidiaries of another Member State.

Where a company of a Member State, or a permanent establishment situated in that Member State of a company of a Member State, receives interest or royalties from an associated company of Greece or Portugal, or receives royalties from an associated company of Spain, or receives interest or royalties from a permanent establishment situated in Greece or Portugal of an associated company of a Member State, or receives royalties from a permanent establishment situated in Spain of an associated company of a Member State, the first Member State will allow an amount equal to the tax paid in Greece, Spain or Portugal on that income as a deduction from the tax on th ...[+++]e income of the company or permanent establishment which received that income.