digital taxesindirect discriminationEU lawlegalityfundamental freedomsVodafoneTescoThis Essay argues that EU taxpayers may challenge digital services taxes as violations of EU law. Specifically, because they exempt all but the very largest comMason, Ruth...
Apple is not the only company passing on the costs of the new taxes. In a statement a few days ago, Google told advertisers: "As of November 1, 2020, a 2% UK DST (digital services tax) Fee will be added to your next invoice or statement for ads served in the United Kingdo...
will go after all countries that have implemented similar taxes, including France and the U.K. She said the most direct way for the United States to raise concerns would be through the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Article content Lilly noted the executive order directs the ...
European leaders appear to be standing firm on plans to impose digital services taxes on U.S. tech giants in the coming months, despite President Trump threatening to retaliate against the move. How long that resistance against the U.S. can last amid the threat of retaliatory tariffs on Euro...
This chapter discusses the Commission’s proposal for a special tax on digital services, first presented in 2018. The aim of this proposal was to increase the tax in the country where the value for the digital company in question is created. The chapter compares the proposals for a special ...
Given the spat over digital taxes between the US and Europe and the protracted trade war between the US and China, China appears to be unwilling to intensify conflicts with the US. “A new tariff war would not be good for the globalization advocated by China, to multilateralism and to the...
it raises the spectre of who should be paying taxes where. The digital services taxes that we see today, and they're going to be the focus, Susannah of our conversation today, have really been in my mind used as a stick to get parties to the bargaining table to ...
Another major area of concern, as we’ve talked about before, is the digital services taxes, DSTs. We witness countries like France and Canada specifically target U.S. companies to fill their coffers with these disastrous extraterritorial taxes. One company I talked to used the phrase, ‘It...
The digital euro can help the European Union overcome challenges such as cross-border payment barriers, the costs to businesses of using private payment service providers (PSPs) and the general lack of PSPs in Europe. The development of central bank digital currencies and stablecoins e...
Canada and other countries want to be able to impose taxeson profits madefrom online marketplace services, advertising services, social media services, and revenue made from selling user data. To qualify under the Canadian law, a tech company would have to have made $750 million or mo...