EU Official Defends Cross-Border Tax Information Reporting Rules

A senior EU official on Tuesday defended the bloc’s reporting obligations for potentially aggressive cross-border tax arrangements, amid a renewed push from business groups to have them repealed.

Speaking at an EU Tax Observatory event in Brussels, Reinhard Biebel, the head of unit for direct tax policy and cooperation in the European Commission, said he disagrees with those calling for the repeal of the law, known as DAC6.

“The whole purpose of DAC6 is to give the tax administration at a very early stage a tool, information that would help them to avoid the practical implementation ...