On Thursday 16 October, the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC) organised an interparliamentary meeting to discuss national and international experiences of digital taxation. Both experts and parliamentarians were divided over the issue of a tax on digital services.
Benjamin Angel, Director of Direct Taxation, Tax Coordination, Economic Analysis and Evaluation at the European Commission’s DG TAXUD, summarised the current global situation. While progress at OECD...