France and Germany, in favor of the US proposal to impose a tax on multinational corporations
On Friday, Germany and France welcomed the US proposal to put a 15% tax rate on profits of multinationals globally, ahead of the European Union finance ministers’ meeting in Lisbon.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Washington’s proposal “would be a good compromise.”
“But the main question is not the number. We can live at 15%, but the main question is defining a global framework for digital tax and a minimum tax,” he added.
German Finance Minister Olaf Schultz said the 15% minimum proposal “is indeed a big step forward”.
Negotiations, at the initiative of Washington, to establish a harmonized global tax rate on profits of multinationals are still underway within the framework of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The US Treasury said in a statement on Thursday that the Biden administration had proposed to its OECD partners setting a “minimum” tax rate of 15% on profits of multinational corporations.
The Treasury stressed that 15% is “the basis” and that discussions will continue with the aim of “ambitious” and “increasing this rate.”
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which includes 36 countries, hopes to reach a global agreement in principle at the G20 finance meeting on July 9-10, and then at the last meeting in October.
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