Digital tax
After US push, EU pauses tax plan, but Ireland sticks to its guns
The European Union has agreed to delay a corporate tax plan for the bloc following pressure from the Biden-Harris administration and in a bid to facilitate a broader global tax dea...
Facebook says it could pay more tax after G7 deal
Facebook welcomes the progress made by the Group of Seven on a minimum tax rate and accepts this could mean the social network pays more tax, and in different places, its head of g...
France orders tech giants to pay digital tax
France’s finance ministry has sent out notices to large tech companies liable for its own digital service tax to pay the levy as planned in December, the ministry has said.
Wanted: global digital tax push after pandemic, US vote stall talks
Negotiators from 140 countries will inquire Washington and its own G20 partners this week to reaffirm political support for global rules to tax digital giants following the coronav...
US slaps French goods with a delayed 25% duties in digital tax row
The Trump admin has announced additional duties of 25% on French cosmetics, handbags and other imports valued at $1.3 billion in response to France’s digital services tax, bu...
France to apply digital tax this year whether US returns to negotiations or not
France will apply taxes on digital services this year whether the United States returns to negotiations on the issue or not, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday, calli...
US pulled out of stalled talks on digital services taxes – Robert Lighthizer
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin decided to pull out of negotiations on digital services taxes with EU officials after they failed to make any progress, US Trade Representative...
Spain’s lower house to draft new 3% digital tax on internet giants
Spain’s lower house has voted to begin drafting a 3% tax on revenues of internet giants, the latest of such moves by US trading partners that has spurred a US investigation a...
America launches trade probe into digital taxes, preparing the ground for new tariffs
The United States is investigating digital services taxes being adopted or considered by Britain, Italy, Brazil and other countries, the US Trade Representative’s office said...
WTO ban on tariffs for digital trade extended until June 2020
GENEVA – World Trade Organisation (WTO) members agreed on Tuesday to renew a 20-year moratorium on placing tariffs on digital trade for six months, allaying fears that people...