EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Taxation

COVID-19 crisis could give “new impetus” to negotiations on digital taxation, says OECD

Brussels, 15/04/2020 (Agence Europe)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday 15 April that the COVID-19 crisis could give “new impetus” to international negotiations on digital taxation (see EUROPE B12416A20).

In a report showing how tax policies can help absorb the cost of the crisis, presented to G20 Finance Ministers, the OECD says that the increased use of digital services during the crisis and the need to collect more revenues could indeed give a strong boost to the...