European tax harmonisation: the impending threat - A paper from Theresa Villiers, a Conservative Member of the European Parliament analtsing various ways in which the EU is seeking to extend its tax powers.
no euro on Tax harmonisation - A collection of quotes from a euro-sceptic group showing various reactions from European leaders on the subject of tax harmonisation.
Open Republic Institute - EU affairs page - Includes four long articles on tax harmonisation (both for and against) from a free market perspective from four different nations within the EU.
Time for the Truth: EMU and Tax Harmonisation - An article in the Euro-Quarterly from the Euro-sceptic Bruges group saying that Economic and Monetary Union logically leads to tax harmonisation.
Want to Pay More Tax? - A short essay on the effect of proposed tax harmonisation from the Eurosceptic group "New Alliance".
EU Law and British Tax: which comes first? - A pamphlet from the Center-right Center for Policy Studies by Alistair Craig, a Chartered Tax Adviser. It argues that harmonisation of direct taxes will come about not through the European Commission or the European Parliament but through the European Court of Justice. In Adobe Acrobat Format.
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Here's to you and here's to me,
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