The Commission’s priorities on tax matters were outlined in a recent address to the European Parliament’s tax matters subcommittee. Commissioner Hoekstra said that simplifying and fraud-proofing the EU’s tax laws, further reforming VAT rules, favouring renewable energy through tax policy, and better addressing the tax gap would be some of his main priorities. The Commissioner also confirmed that he will look for opportunities to engage constructively on Pillars One and Two with the US Administration in light of the recent US executive order on the OECD global tax deal.