Public Country-by-Country Reporting: Corporate Law, Fiscal Law and the 
Principle of Unanimity

Schön, Wolfgang

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3914704

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Public Country-by-Country Reporting: Corporate Law, Fiscal Law and the Principle of Unanimity

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Schön, Wolfgang
Business and Tax Law, MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Society;

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Schön, W. (2021). Public Country-by-Country Reporting: Corporate Law, Fiscal Law and the Principle of Unanimity. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, No. 2021-14. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3914704.

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The European Union is in the process to establish “public country-by-country reporting” as a new and wide reaching obligation for multinationals to disclose tax-relevant numbers to a global audience, going beyond the OECD consensus which combined cross-border exchange of reports with confidential treatment by tax authorities. From a legal and institutional point of view the main issue is the correct legal basis for the new directive under the European treaties. Is this a matter of accounting law – which would allow legislation by a qualified majority of Member States under Art.50 TFEU – or is this a matter of tax law – which would require unanimity under Art.115 TFEU? The article shows how the treatment of these issues has been driven rather by political than by legal concerns including a deliberate modification of the directive’s preamble in order to secure a majority vote under Art.50 TFEU.