Taxation of 'super' profits: Is taxation the answer to everything?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : At the EU level, on October 6, 2022, the European Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices, which introduces, among other rules, a Solidarity Levy for the fossil fuel sector on the profits of companies active in the crude oil, natural gas, coal and refining sectors.
47% : Author: Typhanie Afschrift, Managing Partner, Afschrift Tax & LegalBecause of (or thanks to, depending on one's point of view) the crisis born from the war between Russia and Ukraine, the companies involved in the energy sector have made higher profits than usual.
46% : Secondly, the first experiences show that this kind of taxes did not bring the expected product, probably because very often the energy companies realise a large part of their turnover abroad.
39% : Taxation is actually not the adequate answer to any problem.

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