On Tuesday 9 October, Paul Tang (S&D, Netherlands) presented the European Parliament's committee on economic and monetary affairs (ECON) with his draft report for opinion on the proposal for a 3% tax (see EUROPE 11986) on the gross earnings of the activities of digital platforms ('digital services tax' or DST).
The main amendments suggested (see EUROPE 12111) are to increase the tax to 5% and to extend its scope of application to video, audio or text content using a digital interface and the...