EU’s ‘28th Regime’ Plan Risks Tax Duplication, Tax Advisers Say

The European Commission needs to ensure its initiative to create a new set of corporate, employment, and tax laws doesn’t duplicate existing rules and instead simplifies them, according to two tax adviser groups.

The commission’s consultation on the so-called 28th Regime fails “to address potential disadvantages and extra burden for practitioners, administrations and courts” that the new regime could bring, the European Tax Advisers Federation said.

At the same time, DigitalEurope, a trade association representing tech firms including Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., praised the initiative, calling for “increased coordination of national tax procedures and implementation of ...