CFE’s Tax Top10- March 2019

BRUSSELS MARCH 2019 1. OECD Public Consultation on the Taxation Challenges of the Digital Economy As part of the ongoing work of the Inclusive Framework and the Task Force on the Digital Economy, the OECD organised a public consultation on 13-14 March on the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy, with 400 [...]

CFE’s Tax Top10- February 2019

BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 2019 1. Taxation of Amazon Cloud Services in the USA The revenue department of the state of Iowa, in the United States, declared that the supply of Amazon’s Simple Storage Service should be subject to tax, and told the tech giant to collect taxes retroactively as from January 1st 2019. The Declaratory Order, [...]

CFE’s Tax Top10- January 2019

BRUSSELS JANUARY 2019 1. International community makes important progress on the tax challenges of digitalisation On 23-24 January, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) met, bringing together 264 delegates from 95 member jurisdictions and 12 observer organisations. The Countries and jurisdictions will step up efforts toward reaching a global solution [...]