July 16, 2017
During his recent electoral campaign, the defeated socialist French presidential candidate, Benoît Hamon, repeatedly hinted at a potentially radical proposal: To impose a tax on robots.
- All
- Agriculture Publications
- Blog
- Briefings
- Digital Briefings
- Digital Publications
- Energy & Environment Briefings
- Energy & Environment Publications
- Finance Briefings
- Finance Publications
- Fiscal & Taxation Briefings
- Fiscal & Taxation Publications
- Foreign Policy Briefings
- Foreign Policy Publications
- Health & Lifestyle Briefings
- Health & Lifestyle Publications
- Media
- Publications
- Regulation Briefings
- Regulation Publications
- Rule of Law Briefings
- Rule of Law Publications
- Trade Briefings
- Trade Publications
July 12, 2017
Originally suggested and then subsequently shelved in 2011, the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base is a policy designed to create a unified set of rules to calculate companies’ taxable profits across the EU.
July 10, 2017
Today sees the publication of the 2017 edition of the Nanny State Index, a league table of the best and worst places in the European Union to eat, drink, smoke and vape.
July 1, 2017
The European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs are currently promoting a new legislative proposal on minimum income policies as a tool for fighting poverty.
July 1, 2017
First published in 2010, the 2017 Tax Burden study by the Institut économique Molinari measures the tax and social security burdens on individual employees earning typical salaries in each of the 28 Member States.
June 9, 2017
The 2005 European Consensus on Development is a policy statement that commits the EU to eradicating global poverty, tackling inequalities, and building a fairer and more stable world.
June 1, 2017
Platform businesses bring together distinct but interdependent sets of users in such a way as to improve the welfare of each side of the market. Their central value proposition is the reduction of transaction costs, which increases the number of viable exchanges in the market.
June 1, 2017
In 2017, the average Spaniard will have worked 178 days in order to fulfill their tax obligations. In other words, Tax Freedom Day, calculated annually by Think Tank Civismo, takes place on 28 June, one day ahead of last year’s.
May 28, 2017
The EPICENTER Nanny State Index is the only comprehensive league table of lifestyle regulations. The latest data suggest that the EU is becoming a worse place to eat, drink, vape and smoke because of overregulation.