Simpler tax rules to cut red tape for cross-border businesses in the EU

On 12 September, the European Commission adopted a number of key initiatives to reduce tax compliance costs for cross-border businesses in the European Union. We talked to Ioanna Mitroyanni, Deputy Head of the Company Taxation Initiatives unit and to Ana Xavier, Head of the Economic analysis, evaluation and impact assessment support unit on the reasoning behind the Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) proposal, as well as on how our initiative on establishing a Head Office Tax System for SMEs (HOT) will help companies thrive.