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Canada’s Digital Services Tax Act was enacted on June 20, 2024 and came into effect by Order in Council on June 28, 2024. The new legislation imposes a digital services tax of 3% on digital services revenue exceeding...more
The world is at a crossroads. The early 1990’s saw the internet opening to the general public, followed shortly thereafter by online sales platforms (Book Stacks Unlimited—1992, Amazon.com—1994, and eBay—1995), and social...more
On 8 October 2021, the OECD released a further statement in relation to the BEPS 2.0 proposals, aimed at addressing taxation of the modern digital economy. This is the latest development in the attempts to more equally share...more
On Friday October 8, 2021, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced that 136 Nations, including the United States and the rest of the G20, have signed on to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework...more
To date, 132 jurisdictions have committed to the OECD’s two-pillar plan to reform international tax rules, as set out in its statement of 1 July 2021. Although the genesis of the proposed reforms relates to the taxation of...more
Though effective since January 2021, the Spanish Digital Services Tax has still not been fully implemented. The approval of the regulations and the tax return allow to better understand the material and formal obligations...more
Effective as of 16 January 2021, a new Digital Services Tax has come into force in Spain. The rate is 3% and it is levied on certain digital services provided by large multinational companies with the participation of users...more
Happy New Year and welcome to the Tax Trotter! What a year 2020 has been! Stock markets running high, travel low, Zoom reigning supreme with the blue light eyeglass filter becoming as popular as the anti-glare...more
It can be a little intimidating for a state tax expert to stand around the water cooler with international tax experts that casually throw around terms like BEPS, Pillar 1, Pillar 2, Digital Services Taxes, OECD, GloBE, etc....more
Temporary changes to the statutory residence test for inbound COVID-19 workers - The UK Chancellor has written to the chair of the Treasury Select Committee outlining temporary changes to the statutory residence test...more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2020 on 11 March 2020. The Budget was delivered against a backdrop that very few people could have anticipated at the commencement of the year....more
Following-up from our previous blogs on Tech Tax, we thought it would be useful to take a whirlwind tour of what to expect in tax and transfer pricing related topics in 2020. But for those that are curious, why are such...more
Governments are starting to catch up with online businesses. Multinational clients that provide online advertising services, sell consumer data, or run online intermediary platforms should prepare themselves for the imminent...more
On July 10, 2019, the US Trade Representative (USTR) initiated an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) with respect to France’s new Digital Services Tax (DST) Act (LOI n° 2019-759 du 24 juillet...more
It’s been a busy month in the world of tax for tech companies. France and the UK are introducing digital services taxes, and serious work is underway at the OECD that may result in a shake-up of the international tax system...more