In March 2015, the Commission launched a package of measures to boost tax transparency. It included a proposal for an automatic exchange of information on tax rulings, which was adopted by the Council in December 2015. All advance cross-border tax rulings and advance pricing arrangements will be subject to an automatic exchange of information as from January 2017 31 . It is in line with work carried out in the context of the OECD/G20 BEPS package on harmful tax practices, and goes even beyond.
Further to the introduction of non-public Country-by-Country reporting, which is covered by the Anti-Tax Avoidance Package, the possibility to disclose to the wider public certain tax information of companies is currently being examined by the Commission, following a public consultation.
