EU taxation

The EU recently addmitted 10 new countries. yay for them.

Apparently, a lot of these countries have recently cut their corporate taxes in order to increase their attractvieness to outside investment and such. Many have started dressing in shorter skirts too.

I read recently that France and Germany (both with High tax rates) have complained about "tax competition" could only hurt the EU and have started talking about forcing these smaller countries to not do what Ireland did and raise back their tax rates in order to have "fair" taxation.

I had a profound question when I started this but have completly forgotten it. So I'll end lamely with:

Your thoughts?

A lot of EU ideas are counterproductive and should be addressed forthwith.

CAP agreements for starters.

But yes, it's better to cooperate than to bash each other's head it. It makes a nice change from the traditional European sense of friendly hatred and mistrust.

There will always be poorer countries who will offer lower rates to get companies in. It's a short-sighted policy because as soon as another country decides to offer even lower rates then the companies move. Unless the country has other benefits like cheap educated labour, good infrastructure and close to major markets.

Hmm, I need to read up some more.

but two points. I agree, CAP agreements are backwards, but the idea of "preserving the rural landscapes" is a backward concept, in and of itself, isn't it? It's like setting up historic districs in the Eastern united states and telling home owners that they cannot put an air conditioning in the house.

Second, I disagree that lowering taxes is a short-sighted concept... unless reduced spending is not also accompanied... much like the current US dude is doing.

Over the past five years EU rulling have been directly connected to over 12,000 SME's being forsed out of business while large companies set-up standing orders to pay the fines and continue as normal...

That can't be right.

The EU is a corrupt monolithic attempt at creating a superstate that can compete directly with America.

Nothing more, nothing less.

I, for one, think that it's total b**locks and the UK should exit left as soon as it can.

Loony Labour have had their day; now move over for someone with a brain.

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Originally posted by yrwyddfa
The EU is a corrupt monolithic attempt at creating a superstate that can compete directly with America.

Nothing more, nothing less.

I, for one, think that it's total b**locks and the UK should exit left as soon as it can.

Loony Labour have had their day; now move over for someone with a brain.

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...and the tories have CERTAINLY provided us with wonderful alternatives over the years. William Hague, Ian Duncan Smith, world meeters and greaters the lot of them.... :rolleyes:

I agree the tories are just as bad.

Let's get out of Europe and do what we do best; let's trade.

Trade with the CommonWealth, The America's, The Far East; the world is much more than Europe (or America)

No problem, there's the door, don't let it hit you on your way out.
And please, let us get on with it without having to listen to you lot whingeing about it every five minutes.

Goodbye Britain and good riddance as well.

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Originally posted by Wally Pipp
Goodbye Britain and good riddance as well.

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What are you going to do about the fat red-bellied tourist indUstry now then???

rejoice ? :D

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Goodbye Britain and good riddance as well.

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TFFT

I mean it.
I just wished the UK stopped moaning and dragging its feet and decided what it wants. You're either in or out with no in-between.

IMHO you don't have to be in. But stop whingeing about it and make that decision already.

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I mean it.
I just wished the UK stopped moaning and dragging its feet and decided what it wants. You're either in or out with no in-between.

IMHO you don't have to be in. But stop whingeing about it and make that decision already.

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Good for you.

When the referendum on the 'constituion' is voted on by the British people we should no longer be at the hands of politicians - but by the people.

. . . and we will leave the failing economies of the continent to themselves - and save ourselves £25m/day in the process.

yup good onya. I for one shall be glad to see you leave. I'll even hand you a t-shirt, nice to have had you here, drive home safely now and hoping we'll never hear your whingeing again.

Free T-shirt - that sounds good!

who said it was free ? :)

OK - I'll pay for it. 'Fraid you'll have to take sterling or dollars, though, as I haven't got any Monopoly money . . .

no monopoly money? Then why are you paying in pounds?

You could have USD if you want to.

Oh great, no monopoly money (pounds) but mickey mouse money instead. What a trade-off :)

Naah then I'd rather have you lot pissing off at the earliest without the T-shirt.

So:

(i) You're not going to hand me a nice t-shirt
(a) even if it's paid for by a demonstrable valuable currency
(ii) It really wasn't that nice to have had us there after all
(iii) You couldn't care less whether we drive safetly or not
(iv) You really like the whinging. Admit it - it's true.

OK that's fair enough. Can't wait to leave.

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Wally

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No problem, there's the door, don't let it hit you on your way out.
And please, let us get on with it without having to listen to you lot whingeing about it every five minutes.

Goodbye Britain and good riddance as well.

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Oh come on, it's hardly just Britain that winges about the EU, is it? I mean, we're not the only European country to opt out of the single currency, are we? We're hardly the only country in the EU who have a proportion of the population opposed to membership, are we?

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I just wished the UK stopped moaning and dragging its feet and decided what it wants. You're either in or out with no in-between.

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Why can't there be an in-between? Why can't we just participate for mutually benefical reasons but opt out of all the beauracratic bullsh*t?

Oh, and to get back to the topic, I'm glad that Blair at least managed to retain our veto regarding tax harmonisation...that would be a disaster. Competition between nation states on tax levels is the only thing stopping taxes rocketing to even higher levels than they are at the moment.

Hello simon.

Long time no see.

Hi! :)

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Originally posted by JPicasso
The EU recently addmitted 10 new countries. yay for them.

Apparently, a lot of these countries have recently cut their corporate taxes in order to increase their attractvieness to outside investment and such. Many have started dressing in shorter skirts too.

I read recently that France and Germany (both with High tax rates) have complained about "tax competition" could only hurt the EU and have started talking about forcing these smaller countries to not do what Ireland did and raise back their tax rates in order to have "fair" taxation.

I had a profound question when I started this but have completly forgotten it. So I'll end lamely with:

Your thoughts?

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is this sopposed to mean something?