EU Hopeful for Agreement on Energy Tax Bill by Year End

The European Commission said it hopes a controversial bill that would reform the way the bloc taxes fuel and electricity would get finalized by the end of the year.

“We believe that an agreement would be possible to reach,” by the end of the year, according to Maria Elena Scoppio, the commission’s head of indirect tax

Scoppio said at the Irish Tax Institute Global Tax Policy Conference in Dublin on Friday that the commission has found a good “sparring partner” in Denmark, which is responsible for shepherding EU bills through the legislative process until the end of the year. ...