EU Push for Public Tax Reports Stalls Again Minus German Support

European Union efforts to force large companies to publicly report the taxes they pay on a country-by-country basis have been stopped dead after Germany declined to back the legislation.

A day after the European Parliament approved 572 to 42 a motion calling on EU member states to join it in supporting the legislation, an EU diplomat said there was no breakthrough at a Council of Ministers meeting. This means country-by-country tax data—which all companies of a certain size have to submit—will remain private for the time being.

“No country has changed its position, so there is still ...