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EU 'Tobin Tax' faces revenue conundrum

European finance ministers are set to discuss the planned financial transactions tax at a meeting next month

EU 'Tobin Tax' faces revenue conundrum

The distribution of revenues from the EU's planned financial transactions tax remains one of the major issues to be resolved ahead of a key meeting next month among the 11 member states pursuing the levy.

The European Commission's original proposal for the tax, tabled in 2013, outlined both a "residence principle" and an "issuance principle" on which to capture transactions.

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