Procedure
Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments
Subjects: Savings · Direct taxation
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): HAMON Benoît (PSE)
Summary
This dossier concerns taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments. The amendments extend the scope to capital income such as life-insurance benefits, annuities, structured products and dividends, redefine "beneficial owner", "paying agent" and "interest payment" including trusts, foundations and other legal arrangements, address withholding-tax revenue sharing, reporting and statistics, and reference equivalent measures by third countries.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled19 Feb 2009 – 10 Mar 2009
- Procedure completed
62
Amendments
distinct, in window
13
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committees
19 Feb 2009 – 10 Mar 2009
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
13 Members · by amendment count1













Bilyana Ilieva RAEVA
ALDE · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
11(11 solo)
2
Astrid LULLING
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
9(9 solo)
3
Udo BULLMANN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
9(9 solo)
4
Eva-Riitta SIITONEN
PPE-DE · 🇫🇮 Finland
8(4 solo)
5
Robert GOEBBELS
Socialists & Democrats · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
7(7 solo)
6
Ieke van den BURG
PSE · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
4(4 solo)
7
Heide RÜHLE
Greens / EFA · 🇩🇪 Germany
4
8
Alain LIPIETZ
Greens / EFA · 🇫🇷 France
4
9
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇮 Finland
4
10
Benoît HAMON
PSE · 🇫🇷 France
4(4 solo)
11
Wolf KLINZ
ALDE · 🇩🇪 Germany
3(2 solo)
12
Sharon BOWLES
ALDE · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
3(3 solo)
13
John PURVIS
PPE-DE · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
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