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Consultation on possible approaches to tackling cross-border inheritance tax obstacles within the EU
| Title | |
| Consultation on possible approaches to tackling cross-border inheritance tax obstacles within the EU | |
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Taxation |
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The Commission would like to draw on the expertise and experience of all parties interested in commenting on cross-border inheritance tax issues. All stakeholders – individual citizens, businesses, Member States, tax administrations, intergovernmental, non-governmental and business organisations, tax practitioners and academia - are invited to provide their views on this matter. |
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| Period of consultation | |
| From 25/06/2010 to 22/10/2010 | |
| Objective of the consultation | |
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It appears that cross-border inheritance tax issues are becoming one of growing concern to EU citizens. It is possible that EU Member States' inheritance tax rules as applied in cross-border situations are hindering EU citizens from benefiting fully from their right to move and operate freely across borders within the Internal Market. These rules may also be creating difficulties for the transfer of small businesses on the death of owners. The Commission is currently working on several different fronts to obtain more evidence of the extent of any cross-border inheritance tax problems within the EU and to find solutions to any problems identified. The Commission is launching the present public consultation to obtain views from all interested stakeholders and individuals on the extent of the problem and ideas on possible solutions. |
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| How to submit your contribution | |
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We welcome contributions from citizens, organisations and public authorities.
Received contributions will be published on the Internet. It is important to read the specific privacy statement attached to this consultation for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with. |
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| View the consultation document | |
Consultation paper (pdf 31 Kb) (31 Kb) For other language versions please click on the bubble |
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| Reference document | |
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The Commission published an external study (pdf 1.34 Mb) |
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| Contact details | |
| responsible service | Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, Unit D.2 "Direct Tax Policy & Cooperation" |
| TAXUD-D2-Consultation@ec.europa.eu | |
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European Commission |
| Number of responses received to this consultation | |
| - | |
| Results of consultation and next steps | |
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Summary Report (pdf 39 Kb) |
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| Protection of personal data | Specific privacy statement (pdf 14 Kb)(14 Kb) |
"How to submit your contribution" in respect of organisations
In the interests of transparency, organisations (including, for example, NGOs, trade associations and commercial enterprises) are invited to provide the public with relevant information about themselves by registering in the Interest Representative Register and subscribing to its Code of Conduct
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Non-registered organisations, please submit your contributions here.
The Commission asks organisations who wish to submit comments in the context of public consultations to provide the Commission and the public at large with information about whom and what they represent. If an organisation decides not to provide this information, it is the Commission's stated policy to list the contribution as part of the individual contributions. (Consultation Standards, see COM (2002) 704, and Communication on ETI Follow-up, see COM (2007) 127 of 21/03/2007)