The European Commission’s 2026 Tax Outlook

The European Commission’s 2026 Tax Outlook

From Tax Notes Talk by Tax Notes

April 17, 2026 · 54 min

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Benjamin Angel discusses the EU's biggest tax challenges, including windfall taxes and the side-by-side package.

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 TaxesTax Cuts Don’t Pay for Themselves, EU Commission SaysSimplify Pillar 2-Linked Rules, Avoid DSTs, Stakeholders Tell EU** Credits Host: David D. Stewart...

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Host: David D. Stewart

Guest: Benjamin Angel

Topics covered

  • European tax challenges
  • windfall taxes
  • EU tax policy
  • taxation and customs
  • Pillar 2
  • electricity taxes

Keywords

  • European Commission
  • tax challenges
  • windfall taxes
  • electricity taxes
  • Pillar 2
  • tax policy

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Organizations: European Commission, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, Tax Notes, EU

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