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European Finance Ministers Want to Force Tech Companies to Start Paying More Taxes. US tech giants like Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook which do business in the European Union have long .. European operations through, uh, creative use of tax laws.

That all might come to an end soon, if a group of member countries led by France is able to get their way. Per Reuters, the finance ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Spain have all signed a joint letter to the presidency of the EU (now held by Estonia) as well as the European Commission, saying the companies need to be taxed on total revenue rather than profits.“We should no longer accept that these companies do business in Europe while paying minimal amounts of tax to our treasuries,” the letter read. It proposed an “equalization tax” which would bring the companies’ tax rates in line with normal corporate rates, adding “The amounts raised would aim to reflect some of what these companies should be paying in terms of corporate tax.”Per the Financial Times, EU treaties require tax proposals to be approved with the unanimous support of all member countries—meaning any such measure would need to win over the countries doing the tax sheltering, like Luxembourg and Ireland. Cut- rate corporate tax rates are a way for those countries to attract revenue, though the end result is that large, profitable tech giants and other multinationals are able to pay next to nothing or even nothing in taxes in some of their markets. Per the Financial Times, authorities believe the new approach could finally force the tech companies to shell out: A French government official said that a turnover tax, even levied at a low percentage, had the potential to deliver a tax take that was “orders of magnitude” higher than what European governments had managed to collect so far. It is envisaged that the tax could be set at somewhere between 2 and 5 per cent of turnover, the official said. This summer, Google’s parent company Alphabet managed to scrape by without paying a 1.

France, the Guardian reported, after courts determined its use of an Irish subsidiary was legal. Apple was not so lucky in 2. EU ordered it to pay some 1. Ireland, but it said it would appeal the decision. As the Times noted, rental app Airbnb paid less than 1.

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France, which might have set the tone for a wider crackdown on people using the service to rent out residences in Paris this summer. In August, it was revealed Amazon paid just £7. UK in 2. 01. 6, despite in 2. UK sales—though the low total was partially driven by issuing shares to employees.[Reuters, Financial Times].

Government Ethics Campaign – Democracy Watch. Advocating stronger, more effectively enforced ethics rules for politicians, government staff and officials, and lobbyists. Please send your letter now using the form on this page, and please help spread the word by Liking and Tweeting this page. Key Links. Government Ethics Campaign 1.

The Opportunity. On both lobbying and ethics reforms, the federal government has not heard from citizens or citizen groups enough to counter the lobbying of the lobbying industry.  It is important that you let the government know what you think about reforms to lobbying and ethics rules. On November 4, 2. Watch American Pie Presents The Naked Mile Streaming.

Conservative Party pledged to pass 5. However, the Conservatives' broke their election promises by passing a so- called "Federal Accountability Act" containing only 3.

To see Democracy Watch's news release about the Conservatives' broken promises, click here. The Oliphant Commission into the Mulroney- Schreiber affair made some good recommendations (archive website) in its May 2. Conservative federal government needs to be pushed to implement them and other changes.

Democracy Watch has organized the Government Ethics Coalition, made up of 3. Canada representing over 2. Watch Countdown To Zero Online Hitfix. Canadians.  The Coalition is pushing the federal government to strengthen lobbying and ethics rules and enforcement of the rules. Background. The Liberal Party stated in its 1. Creating Opportunity that "If government is to make a positive difference, honesty and integrity in our political institutions, so badly shaken by the Conservative government, must be restored."  The Liberals promised a government "that listens to people because it cares about people" and pledged "openness in decision- making."Specific commitments made by the Liberals in Creating Opportunity include: implementing the recommendations of the June 1. Holtmann Committee Report on changes to the Lobbyists Registration Act; appointing an independent Ethics Counselor to advise public officials and lobbyists and to enforce codes of conduct and report directly to Parliament; and developing a Code of Conduct for MPs and Senators and a Code of Conduct for Lobbyists. When Prime Minister Chretien introduced the much- delayed government ethics package in Parliament on June 1.

Lobbyists Registration Act would "put an end to backroom deals" and bring lobbyists "from the shadows out into the open." He said that that the Ethics Counselor position "has the teeth to investigate and take strong action," and he also pledged that the committee to draft a Code of Conduct for MPs and Senators would be set up "as soon as possible."In fact, from June 1. First, Bill C- 4. Lobbyists Registration Act in 1. Watch In The Name Of The King III Tube Free.

Bill C- 1. 5, which amended the Act in 2. Holtmann Committee recommendations, and left lobbying in the shadows by failing to close key loopholes. Second, Howard Wilson, named Ethics Counselor in 1.

Liberals promised.  He reported behind closed doors to Prime Minister Chretien, and could only investigate conflicts of interest if Chretien allowed him, and he had no power to enforce the ethics standards.  And he proved to have no teeth when he failed to investigate or take action in 1. Ministers (including the Prime Minister), MPs and Senators were involved in conflicts of interest and questionably unethical actions.  He also cleared several ministerial staff people, and more than 1. Liberal Party- connected lobbyists even though all were involved in highly questionable activities that most commentators believe violate federal ethics rules. Third, Bill C- 4. Howard Wilson, the Ethics Counselor, the authority to draft the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct. He began consultations on the Code in February 1.

Code.  The Code is intentionally and severely flawed.  For example, a lobbyist can serve both the government and a client without violating the Code as long as both the government and the client have no problem with it.  As a result, a federal government department can give a contract to a lobbying firm that also consults on communication issues, and the lobbying firm can continue to lobby on behalf of clients on issues involving the same government department.  The Department of Finance and Industry Canada both did this with the Earnscliffe Strategy Group in the 1. Earnscliffe continued to lobby on budget issues for clients; the other contract involved giving advice on telecommunications policy, while Earnscliffe continued to lobby on the same issues for clients). Fourth, Democracy Watch filed 1. April 2. 00. 0 concerning questionable unethical activities of both Cabinet Ministers and lobbyists.  The Ethics Counselor ruled on 7 of the complaints, and in every case he cleared the Minister or lobbyist involved.  Democracy Watch challenged some of the Ethics Counselor’s rulings in court, and won that court challenge in July 2. See news releases and other information about the complaints and the court case on the Five Ethics Complaints page)Fifth, in spring 2. Prime Minister Chrétien introduced in Parliament, finally, draft proposals in Bill C- 3. MPs and Senators, and the creation of an independent, fully empowered Ethics Commissioner to enforce ethics rules for Ministers, MPs and Senators.  However, the proposals were not as strong as needed to ensure politicians act ethically.  Bill C- 3.

Parliament closed in November 2. When Parliament re- opened in early February 2. Prime Minister Paul Martin re- introduced Bill C- 3. Bill C- 4) and it was passed in May 2. An ethics code for MPs was created in fall 2. Senators in March 2.

In addition, the federal government changed the Lobbyists Registration Act in June 2. Finally, Bill C- 1.

Whistleblower Protection Act, was introduced in Parliament in October 2. November 2. 00. 5.  Bill C- 1.