The European Commission’s 2026 Tax Outlook

Benjamin Angel, director of direct taxation at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, discusses the EU’s biggest tax challenges right now, including windfall taxes and the side-by-side package. 

For more, read the following in Tax Notes:

• EU Draft Floats Binding Measures to Reduce Electricity Taxes
• Tax Cuts Don’t Pay for Themselves, EU Commission Says
• Simplify Pillar 2-Linked Rules, Avoid DSTs, Stakeholders Tell EU

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer: Jordan Parrish
Audio Editor: Laura Kondourajian

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