"歐盟委員會鎖定避稅者"

目前或許可以肯定的是，世界各國的領導人將加強國際稅收法，以終止企業避稅。

上週企業稅收再度成為焦點，歐盟委員會主席曼努埃爾巴羅索表示，歐盟成員國每年稅收都損失了一兆歐元。針對歐盟議會發言，巴羅索表示此數據是歐盟年度總預算赤字水平的兩倍。「這條漏網之魚可是好大的一筆錢呢。」主席指出。

隨著歐盟政府奮力克服一系列主權債務危機，此議題變得越發重要。該區域的領導人預定前幾週進行高峰會談，議程中的首要議題就是避稅問題。此議題也將在六月的八大工業國會議中提出，英國也將為國際稅制改革提出說明。

英國是首批舉發此問題的國家之一，揭露星巴克近幾年納很少稅。該企業回應表示2013和2014年將支付額外的稅金。

(Business) European Commission Targets Tax Avoiders

It seems certain that world leaders will now do something to tighten international tax laws to stop firms avoiding paying taxes.

Corporate taxation was once again in spotlight last week, as European Commission President Manuel Barroso said that nations within the EU are losing around a trillion euros in tax revenue every year. Speaking to the European Parliament, Barroso said that the figure was twice the level of the EU states total annual budget deficits. That is a huge amount of money to simply let through the net, the president noted.

As European governments battle to overcome a series of sovereign debt crises, this issue is becoming important. Leaders from across the region were due to meet for summit level talks last week, and tax avoidance was set to be the number one item on the agenda. The issue is also set to be raised at Junes G8 meeting, and the UK will argue for international tax reform.

The UK was one of the first countries to speak out about this problem when it revealed that Starbucks had paid a very small amount of tax in recent years. The firm responded by saying that it would pay additional money in taxes for 2013 and 2014.

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