10/22/2021 2:48:42 PM Bridging the gap between DSTs and the new global tax system By Zoe Andrews A big driver for international tax reform (and certainly the motivation for the renewed interest in it by the US under the Biden...
7/2/2021 4:52:33 PM International tax reform – now it’s time to get excited! By Zoe Andrews In my previous blog, I couldn’t get too excited about the G7’s announcement on 5 June that agreement in principle had been reached on...
6/17/2021 3:54:46 PM Is the G7’s agreement on international tax reform really “seismic”, or is it too soon to tell? By Zoe Andrews Before the G7 Finance Ministers’ communiqué of 5 June announcing an agreement in principle (which was endorsed by the G7 leaders...
4/12/2021 8:43:16 AM Taxing Tokens By Slaughter and May The last few weeks have seen a number of cryptoasset milestones reach the mainstream press - in that context it is perhaps a tad...
7/16/2020 10:53:11 AM A simpler and more modern tax environment sounds good – but what about tax competition? By Zoe Andrews The Apple case is seen as raising the (very) hot topic of how a multinational group like Apple should be taxed in a modern, digital...
6/19/2020 12:43:26 PM Digital Services Taxes: How “rough and ready” could become the new normal By Deeksha Rathi The UK’s Digital Services Tax (“DST”), which is a 2% levy on certain revenues derived from search engines, social media services and...
4/8/2020 7:47:21 AM India’s amended equalisation levy: a change players in the digital economy could not have foreseen By Deeksha Rathi On 1 February 2020, the Indian Finance Minister delivered the country’s longest Budget speech ever. However, there was no mention of...
3/20/2020 6:08:25 PM UK presses ahead with digital services tax By Zoe Andrews At a time when the priority for the UK government (after dealing with COVID-19, obviously) should be securing a good trade deal with the...
2/14/2020 1:53:33 PM International tax reform could increase global tax revenues by up to 4% By Zoe Andrews While discussions continue on the design and technical detail of international tax reform under Pillars One and Two, the OECD Secretariat...
1/31/2020 5:02:52 PM International tax reform: one step forward? By Zoe Andrews The Inclusive Framework's update on its two-pillar approach to addressing the tax challenges of the digitalisation of the economy has...
1/3/2020 11:45:17 AM Digital newspapers and VAT By Tanja Velling A Council Directive of November 2018 purported to finally allow Member States to apply a reduced or zero VAT rate to digital books and...
11/26/2019 4:30:21 PM Is now a good time for a UK digital services tax? By Zoe Andrews The message was clear at last week's OECD public consultation on the reform of the international tax rules that there is a need to fix...