Europe Commission to table proposal for EU-wide €10 per tonne carbon tax European Voice reports that the new European Commissioner for Taxation, Algirdas Šemeta, is planning to propose a minimum rate of tax on carbon across the whole of the EU. The move, which was considered too controversial by the first Barroso commission, would mean that carbon tax is calculated according to the ene...

Panorama really hits the nail on the head: The much bigger question raised by the Commission’s report, however, is whether it is, in fact, capable of properly regulating a charity operating somewhere like Gaza and the West Bank. … In paragraph 60 of its report, the Commission acknowledged that the material presented to it “seemed to indicate that

The euro zone is already in a technical recession and economic growth will come to a virtual standstill next year, the European Commission said Monday.

Small businesses welcomed a European Commission proposal to allow tax to be invoiced electronically, which the EU executive said could save companies €18 billion every year.

The BBC reports that a European Commission report written by former Bank of France Governor Jacques de Larosiere, to be released today, will include proposals for an EU-wide supervisory scheme for banks and other financial bodies, including a new pan-European watchdog.

The European Commission is putting its weight today (7 October) behind a Financial Activities Tax (FAT) at EU level, saying it could bring cash-strapped governments up to 25 billion euros in revenue from the banking sector in the wake of the global financial crisis.

PA reports that the Government last night pledged to block European Commission plans for a mandatory minimum tax rate on carbon across the EU. The front page of the Telegraph reports that Algirdas Semeta, the new European Commissioner for Taxation has said that an EU carbon tax is a "priority" for him and indicated that he might table a concrete proposal as early as next month.

The European Commission plans to ditch accounting requirements for the EU's smallest companies in an effort to ease the administrative burden and save each business up to €1,200 per year, or a total of €6.3 billion.

European Union countries should hand the European Commission powers to coordinate gas flows in the 27-member bloc in the event of a gas crisis, according to a draft Commission report.

Without wanting to show up the complete uselessness of my subject line, the Calman Commission's report is due out tomorrow. Thanks to a leaked email from we have been given a sneak preview as to what new powers Holyrood can expect to have in the near future: Half of income tax will be received directly by the Scottish GovernmentCollection of air passenger tax, landfill tax, aggregate tax* and...