equitable common fiscal policy | impartial application of tax | tax neutrality

fiscal neutrality | tax neutrality

Net neutrality | Internet neutrality | network neutrality

principle of neutrality

tax [ rate of taxation | tax rate | Tax levies(ECLAS) | Tax rate(STW) ]

corporation tax [ corporate income tax | profits tax | Corporate income tax(STW) | Profit taxation(STW) | excess profits tax(UNBIS) ]

gender neutrality

57. Stresses that, within the internal market, new entrants and firms, including SMEs, that do not use aggressive tax practices are penalised as compared with MNCs, which are able to shift profits or implement other forms of aggressive tax planning through a variety of decisions and instruments, available to them only by virtue of their size and their ability to arrange business internationally; notes with concern that, all other things being equal, the resulting lower tax liabilities leave MNCs with a higher post-tax profit and thereby create an uneven playing field with their competitors on the single market who do not have recourse to aggressive tax planning and keep the connection between where they generate profit and their place of t ...[+++]axation; points out that this distortion of a level playing field in favour of multinationals contradicts the fundamental principle of the single market;

In accordance with Act No 97-1026 of 10 November 1997 and the letter from the Minister for Economic Affairs, the revaluation reserves were transferred to the item ‘Own funds’ without incurring any tax since they corresponded to revaluation surpluses realised free of tax or under a tax neutrality arrangement pursuant to the 1959 and 1976 Revaluation Acts.

As a result, changes should be made in the areas of financial sector reform, fiscal policy and structural reforms, in particular with regard to: (i) providing an updated plan for the gradual relaxation of external restrictions, which the authorities commit to starting only after the successful completion of the comprehensive assessment and a smooth transition to the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM); (ii) further measures to strengthen the banks' management of non-performing loans; (iii) a requirement to conclude the follow-up on the 2013 audit regarding individual financial institutions, impose sanctions if applicable, and make the f ...[+++]inal decision public; (iv) the provision of further measures to improve the Cooperative Group's operational capacity; (v) the adoption by the Council of Ministers of the new comprehensive framework establishing appropriate corporate and personal insolvency procedures, as well as the adoption by the House of Representatives of the amendments to the legal framework in relation to foreclosures of mortgaged properties (those are two prior actions), with details on the required elements of those two new frameworks; (vi) a revision of the 2014 primary fiscal deficit target of no more than EUR 210 million (1,3 % of GDP) to reflect the fiscal performance in the first half of 2014, the submission of a proposal ensuring the fiscal neutrality of the welfare system reform and the achievement of the 2015 fiscal deficit target, while the primary surplus target for 2017 was revised down to 2,5 % of the GDP in order to smooth the fiscal adjustment over 2017-2018; (vii) the setting of further steps to operationalise the privatisation process in the Cyprus Ports Authority and the Electricity Authority of Cyprus; (viii) the appointment of the new Commissioners and the two Assistant Commissioners of the new tax department, the establishment of a common taxpayer database, and the adoption of necessary regulations to make the enhanced collection powe ...

This mechanism ensures that the tax is neutral regardless of how many transactions are involved.