スペイン政府は、金融取り引き税の株式売買に対する課税を制限したい
España plantea limitar la ‘tasa Tobin europea’ a la compra de acciones
El Gobierno apoya en el Ecofin gravar las transacciones financieras
Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid 17 FEB 2014 - 22:22 CET
Spain raises limit 'European Tobin tax' to purchase shares
The Government supports the Ecofin taxing financial transactions
Jesús González Madrid Sérvulo 17 FEB 2014 - 22:22 CET
The Spanish Government defends Tuesday at the Ecofin meeting of finance ministers of the European Union, the tax on financial transactions (FTT ) but with some limitations . This imitation of European Tobin tax - a tax proposed in the seventies by the U.S. economist James Tobin financial transactions intended to reduce the volatility - is stranded in Brussels.
The idea of taxing financial transactions took power following the 2008 financial crisis , but so far progress has been limited. Only the UK, France and Italy have legislated unilaterally to establish a tax levied some operations. The major obstacle to this European tax flourish is in the definition of taxable event : what is defined as " financial transactions " . This concept could enter transactions such as the sale of stocks, bonds , derivatives, commodity futures ...
It is precisely one of the issues to be discussed Tuesday at the Ecofin . Spain will defend the same position as France and Germany to establish a tax on financial transactions. But also defend that must approve by consensus and establish unilaterally rejected , officials said .
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In 2012 , the European Commission tabled a proposal for a 0.1% tax on transactions in bonds and common shares and 0.01 % on derivatives . Usually this type of tax decisions are taken unanimously in Europe , but this time a group of countries with an important weight - financial sector in its economy - was opposed to it. To save the initiative, the Commission allowed another majority group of countries including Spain , deepen the implementation of the new tax by enhanced cooperation, a shortcut provided for in Community legislation when such vetoes .
The idea of the Spanish government spends to support the establishment of this financial transaction tax but limiting its scope . The thesis of the Spanish authorities is that only serious buying shares of large companies, companies with high market capitalization. This proposal is similar to the one applied only France on the purchase of shares of multinationals. Italy , another country that has already legislated on the matter - rate applies to the purchase of shares of all types of companies. UK , meanwhile , has a lien on the transmission of values not documented .
The Spanish government is opposed to extending the tax for other financial transactions such as derivatives . Believes that establishing a tax on these complex operations could affect the position of the Spanish debt, according to government sources , explaining , who claim that this new tax figure should be neutral and if applied on more operations could alter market fundamentals . In any case, the Spanish Government rules out any decision until there is general agreement within the European Commission.
So while Tuesday is discussed at the Ecofin on the issue , the findings will have wider until a pact to start it is decided.
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