Tag: Digital Services Tax

Take Hard Line on Canada’s Digital Tax, Online Laws, Tech Associations Urge Biden

March 22, 2023
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A high-tech industry coalition in the United States is urging President Joe Biden to take a hard line against Canada’s approach to digital services. The group says the proposed digital services tax unfairly targets U.S. companies and is offside with international efforts to establish a global standard. In a letter to Biden, they also complain…

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Canada to Delay Its Digital Services Tax for OECD’s Global Corporate Tax

October 14, 2021
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The Canadian government will postpone and possibly scrap its digital services tax on Big Tech after signing a global pact with 135 other countries to overhaul the way large multinational companies are taxed. The agreement, reached by members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Oct. 8, imposes a global minimum corporate…

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US Retaliates Against UK Over Digital Services Tax Dispute

April 3, 2021
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The Biden administration has threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on British exports to the United States in retaliation for a UK digital services tax (DST) on major technology companies that came into effect on April 1. Its aim is to raise around £236 million ($325 million) per year, which is the estimated equivalent of…

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