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"Mr President, I voted against this motion for a resolution because I believe that the consolidated tax base system should also be voluntary in the long term. If it were mandatory for all businesses operating on European soil, it would create an unnecessary administrative burden for businesses operating in just one country, as they would have to adjust to this system. A mandatory system might also lead to higher costs and thus less competitiveness on the European market, particularly in the case of small and medium-sized enterprises. The consolidated tax base system should therefore be voluntary and sufficiently advantageous that the greatest possible number of businesses choose to join it.
I am also unable to support this motion for a resolution because its rules will gradually lead to the unification of tax rates, and this will stifle tax competition which is a very good thing for the market. There are many differences between Member States in terms of tax regulations and tax rates, and it should be exclusively up to national Member State parliaments to decide what rates to burden their taxpayers with."@en1
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