On Monday 25 June, the organisation representing the e-commerce sector, Ecommerce Europe, wrote to the European leaders advising them to end the discussions on a European tax on the gross revenue of the activities of digital platforms ('digital services tax' or DST), instead prioritising the discussions on the subject at international level (see EUROPE 11986).
The organisation, which considers that the OECD is the appropriate forum for discussions, argues that a tax on revenue rather than...