Understandably, dealing with the economic impact of Covid–19 dominated Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first Budget. But the UK government...
On 12 March 2019, EU governments dropped plans to introduce an EU-wide digital tax. Despite months of talks, the Member States failed to...
Last week, the French finance minister introduced a bill for a 3% levy on the turnover of digital services companies with revenues of...
A friend of mine was until recently the proud owner of one Arsenal share, given to him by his father. Last summer the Arsenal takeover...
In 2018, the UK government launched an independent review, led by veteran journalist Dame Frances Cairncross, to understand what could be...
Discussions continue at a global level on how the international tax rules should be reformed so they work adequately for today’s business...
France seems to have given up on reaching consensus on an EU-wide digital services tax, by announcing that it will introduce its domestic...
The UK’s proposed digital services tax is not the only new tax measure that is targeted at the modern digital economy. A second change...
There is public consensus that multinational businesses should pay tax on their profits. The much more difficult question is where such...
A new EU Directive that came into force last week allows member states to align VAT rates for electronically supplied books, newspapers,...
The proposed EU Digital Services Tax is not dead but the new proposal is significantly more limited than the original proposal, and than...
In the Budget, The Chancellor announced the introduction of a “narrowly targeted” Digital Services Tax. It is indeed narrowly targeted,...
The Victorians designed a stamp duty collection system that required one or more coloured stamps to be embossed on a document at one of...
Uber is apparently going to collect tax from its Mexican drivers. The UK is also struggling to work out how to collect tax from GIG...