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European Business Initiative on Taxation

EBIT

EBIT is a cross-industry, pan-European business working group of Senior Tax Executives from European-based companies whose aim is to help streamline and modernize Europe’s direct tax policy.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Fernando Navarrete Rojas (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Mar 2025 · Tax matters

Response to Evaluation of the Anti-Avoidance Tax Directive (ATAD)

10 Sept 2024

EBITs Members thank the European Commission for the opportunity to provide comments on its public consultation on the Anti-tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) - evaluation (31 July 2024 - 11 September 2024), please see attached.
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Response to Public country-by-country on corporate - template and electronic format

2 Sept 2024

EBITs Members thank the European Commission for the opportunity to provide comments on its public consultation Tax paid by multinationals template and electronic formats for country by country reports (1 August 2024 - 6 September 2024).
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Response to Evaluation of Administrative Cooperation in Direct Taxation

16 Jul 2024

Please see enclosed the feedback of EBIT's Members on the European Commission's Call for Evidence for the Evaluation / Fitness Check of the Directive 2011/16/EU on Administrative Cooperation in the field of Direct Taxation (DAC) and its subsequent amendments.
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Response to Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)

27 Nov 2023

Please see enclosed the comments by the Members of the European Business Initiative on Taxation on the Proposal for BEFIT Directive.
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Response to Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)

27 Nov 2023

Please find enclosed the comments by the European Business Initiative on Taxation (EBIT) on the Proposal for Transfer Pricing Directive.
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Response to Detailed procedures for addressing distortive foreign subsidies

6 Mar 2023

EBITs Members thank the European Commission for the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed EU procedural rules for assessing distortive foreign subsidies (6 February 2023 6 March 2023). Please see EBIT's comments in the attached document.
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Response to Debt equity bias reduction allowance (DEBRA)

29 Jul 2022

Please find enclosed the feedback from the Members of the European Business Initiative on Taxation (EBIT).
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Response to Fair taxation of the digital economy

16 May 2018

EBIT’s Members (21 MNEs from across the industry) are grateful for this opportunity to provide comments on the European Commission’s requests for feedback individually on each of the proposed Directives, we believe that they cannot and should not be viewed in isolation of each other. EBIT’s Members have therefore prepared a consolidated response for submission to both of the Commission’s requests for feedback (see enclosure). EBIT : Businesses within Europe need a sensible, internationally agreed approach for highly digitalized business models. EBIT Members strongly believe that unilateral, interim actions, at EU or national EU Member State level, will only impose a further administrative burden and cost on businesses, create less legal and tax certainty and possibly lead to double and multiple business taxation. That scenario may also foster concerns about the EU as a growth-friendly region and its attractiveness as a destination for innovation and investment opportunities. It is therefore essential for any measures agreed amongst the EU Member States to be consistent with any proposals from the OECD. In this regard, we believe the best approach is for the EU to follow the OECD lead and not to implement any interim measure before the OECD report is delivered in 2020.
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Response to Fair taxation of the digital economy

16 May 2018

EBIT’s Members (21 MNEs from across the industry) are grateful for this opportunity to provide comments on the European Commission’s requests for feedback individually on each of the proposed Directives, we believe that they cannot and should not be viewed in isolation of each other. EBIT’s Members have therefore prepared a consolidated response for submission to both of the Commission’s requests for feedback (see enclosure). EBIT : Businesses within Europe need a sensible, internationally agreed approach for highly digitalized business models. EBIT Members strongly believe that unilateral, interim actions, at EU or national EU Member State level, will only impose a further administrative burden and cost on businesses, create less legal and tax certainty and possibly lead to double and multiple business taxation. That scenario may also foster concerns about the EU as a growth-friendly region and its attractiveness as a destination for innovation and investment opportunities. It is therefore essential for any measures agreed amongst the EU Member States to be consistent with any proposals from the OECD. In this regard, we believe the best approach is for the EU to follow the OECD lead and not to implement any interim measure before the OECD report is delivered in 2020.
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