Subcommittee on Tax Matters
The Chair
D(2025)21872
To the Chair of the Committee(s)
in charge of taxation
D 306122 02.09.2025
Subject: Invitation to an Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) on
“The
taxation of digital activities at national and international level, in light of ongoing
developments at OECD/G20 level”,
hosted by the European Parliament, on 16
October 2025 in Brussels
Dear colleague,
The third edition of the EU Tax Symposium in March 2025 was a great success and showed an
increase in participation by representatives from national parliaments (from 17 chambers
represented in 2023 to 24 chambers in 2025), indicating a clear willingness to exchange on
European tax topics.
Since then, there have been many developments in the area of corporate taxation at the
international level, notably the U.S. decision to withdraw from the OECD's global corporate
tax agreement aimed at addressing the tax challenges posed by the digital economy, as well as
the G7 agreement on a global minimum tax of at least 15% for large multinational corporations.
Having this in mind, I would like to invite up to four Members of the committees in charge of
taxation of each national parliament (two from each chamber in the case of bi-cameral
parliaments) to a discussion and exchange of experiences on the taxation of digital activities at
national and international level, in light of ongoing developments at OECD/G20 level, on
Thursday, 16 October 2025 at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Representatives from some national tax administrations will participate in the discussion
divided into two panels. The first one will be dedicated to a discussion on the reasons behind
the implementation (or not) of a digital services tax (DST), the choice of the tax base and the
rate applied. The second panel will be devoted to difficulties encountered in collecting the tax,
possible fraud and the revenues raised from this tax.
The Subcommittee on Tax Matters of the European Parliament is convinced that this event will
provide an opportunity to learn from each other, to raise awareness about common challenges
and to share ideas. It would help create common ground for tax discussions and help national
parliaments better understand the European political context that lies behind EU tax provisions.
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