30. Underlines that, in the global context of tax competition, developing countries derive a larger part of their tax revenues from capital and have little possibility to collect alternative taxes; notes that the decline in tax revenues because of that competition should be addressed by broadening the tax base or by abstaining from that competition altogether if convenient and if other factors like good governance, legal security and avoidance of nationalisation are jeopardised in the competition process for FDI; points ...[+++] out that low-income countries need the capacity to effectively negotiate with multinational corporations in order to secure an equitable share of corporations‘ profits and recalls that they should have adequate policy space to impose capital controls as the right to collect and redistribute tax revenues is a key criterion for the sovereignty and legitimacy of states and therefore a prerequisite for good governance;

Under that rule, where the global amount of income tax payable in Finland and abroad is higher than it would be if such income was derived solely from Finnish sources, Finnish income tax is reduced accordingly.

26. Takes note of the mandate by the Ecofin Council to the Commission to seek out alternative sources for development financing and draws attention to the need for a more extensive debate (particularly at multilateral level) and for more thorough analysis regarding the suitability and the feasibility of the various existing proposals for alternative funding instruments, some of which have been analysed in Commission Communication COM(2002) 81 final; suggests in this context that initiatives such as a global tax on fossil fuels (which would have the dual objectives of reducing carbon emissions and raising necessary funds for development) ...[+++] be considered as the possible basis for an EU initiative on this subject to be presented at the Johannesburg Summit; calls on the Commission in the context of the requested analysis to consider the merits of instituting within the EU a "Give As You Earn (GAYE)" scheme by which each Member State would make provision in their income tax systems for taxpayers to make voluntary, tax deductible, contributions for charitable causes, a minimum amount of which (e.g. EUR 10 per taxpayer) would be paid into a special fund devoted exclusively to relieve poverty in the world's poorest countries (the so-called "Sachs tax");

14. Globalization complicates taxation issues and the ability of tax administrations to track down trade and income flows.

Mrs Scrivener concluded that "if businesses are still convinced that the measures proposed in the Directive are useful, they should lobby the appropriate authorities to get matters moving again at Community level with a view to establishing a modern tax system, i.e. a system without any double taxation of income from cross-border trade that was tailored to the inescapable constraint of global competitiveness.