The French Government said on Monday April 7th 2008 (see The Irish Times) that while it holds the EU presidency from July onwards, it will push hard to encourage EU states to agree a common method of computing corporate taxes. It push forward the European Commission's plan to unify the rules by which Corporation Tax is calculated throughout the EU (the Common Consolidated Corporation Tax Base - CCCTB).
The French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde on Monday said: "it's an issue that we are determined to push."
France are not alone because EU tax commissioner, Laszlo Kovacs as well as Commission President, José Manuel Barroso have been pressing for this for some time, making it a priority on the Commission's agenda after the summer recess, and after the vote on the Treaty of Lisbon.
