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ENHANCED COOPERATION IN CORPORATE TAXATION:
POSSIBILITIES AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS
Nico Groenendijk
Centre for European Studies
University of Twente
Netherlands
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Corporate tax coordination
• Relatively little progress• Unanimity rule applies• Harmonisation put on the back burner
by Bolkestein, followed by McCreevy (Internal Market), less so Kovács (Taxation)
• Instead: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)
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CCCTB• proposed by Commission in 2001• can be used by companies involved in cross-border activities within
the EU to calculate their taxable profits• apportionment of these profits over member states involved,
application of own corporate tax rate• is not a harmonisation scheme, but optional 26th system next to 25
systems already in place• Commission is aiming at introduction of CCCTB by end of 2008• supported only by Austria, France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg,
Italy, and Hungary• outright opponents: United Kingdom, Ireland, Baltic States, Slovakia
and Slovenia• Kovács: if necessary we will use the enhanced cooperation
mechanism
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• “Enhanced cooperation”: refers to the mechanism of Articles 43-45 of the EU Treaty
• sub-integration can also take place outside the enhanced-cooperation-framework and even outside the EU framework as such
Paper: possibilities for and possible effects of sub-integration in the field of (corporate) taxation
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“Flexibility”• inter se agreements, partial agreements, parallel procedures• two-speed Europe, multi-speed Europe, multi-speed integration• European vanguard, avant-garde group, directoire, pioneers’ clubs, pioneers and followers• core Europe, Kern Europas, Harter Kern, noyau dûr• centre de gravité, centre of gravitation• variable geometry, géometrie variable• Europe à la carte, pick-and-choose• differentiated Europe• Abgestüfte Integration• two-tier Europe, multi-tier Europe, plusiers niveaux,• concentric circles, cercles excentriques• magnetic fields• hub-and-spoke-Europe• eccentric ellipses• opt-in arrangements, opt-out arrangements• constructive abstention, declaratory abstention, positive abstention, active abstention• transition periods, special treatments, derogations, exemptions• flying geese• breakaway riders and pelotons
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Inside EU framework
Outside EU framework
EU policy domain
Differentiated integration
Alternative integration
Other policies Odd integration
New integration
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Sub-integration and corporate tax coordination
Lots of alternative integration:
- Bilateral tax treaties
- Multilateral tax treaties (OECD)
Differentiated integration not through enhanced cooperation mechanism, but through Code of Conduct
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Enhanced cooperation
- Minimum of 8 member states (Draft Constitutional Treaty, DCT: minimum of 1/3)
- Council decides with QMV- Last resort- Open to all member states, at all stages- Decision-making within enhanced
cooperation follows “original” decision rule (taxation: unanimity), but DCT: QMV possible
- Enhanced cooperation: sub-acquis
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Range of effect
Effect Positive/negative
Within ECUCT
Reduced deadweight loss in company tax compliance costs +
Increased trade +
More efficient allocation of capital +
GDP change <> tax revenue change, due to harmonization of base/rate
+/--, but differences between participants
Preference distortion --
Effect vis-à-vis outsiders
Negative externalities -- for outsiders
Positive externalities + for outsiders
First-mover advantage + for insiders ; -- for outsiders
Agglomeration effect + for insiders ; -- for outsiders
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Conclusions1. alternative (sub-)integration is a real
alternative to enhanced cooperation. Introduction of CCCTB through inter se formal agreement (multi-lateral tax treaty) or use the Code of Conduct?
2. enhanced cooperation under the Nice Treaty (and DCT) creates a partial acquis resulting in a first-mover advantage
3. actual composition of ECUCT is of great importance (esp. position of Germany) >> research into OPAs (Optimal Policy Areas)