House of Lords
Debate on the European Tax Harmonisation (Veto) Bi, European Tax Harmonisation (Veto) Bill, Fifteenth Report of the House of Lords European Co
News and Media
British finance minister issues strong warning ove, Brown to attack EU harmonisation plans, Brown: Britain will resist EU tax harmonisation, Damaging rift opens between Blair and Brown, EU companies favour tax harmony, EU reaches compromise on savings tax, FDs overwhelmingly reject EU tax harmony, IoD: 'Tax treaties must be amended', Monti calls for ban on two EU tax regimes, Monti clamps down on Gibraltar
BBC News ; Euro latest ; Q & A: Tax harmonisat
An introduction to the basics of tax harmonisation in a FAQ format. By Jonathan Charles, Europe Business correspondent for the BBC.
EU Corporate Tax Reform: Progress and New Challeng
Text of a speech by Frits Bolkestein, the European Commissioner in charge of Taxation, in December 2003 arguing that EU tax reform is not harmonisation.
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.
Taxing Europe
An introduction to the issue from the BBC.
The myth of tax harmonisation by Kitty Ussher
Leaflet from the pro-European Centre for European Reform arguing that tax harmonisation is not an aim of the European Union.
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".