by Alan Rhode | Jan 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, the European Commission proposed a plan to allow tax legislation to be approved by qualified majority voting instead of unanimous voting. Is this a politically feasible strategy to overcome the tax...
by Alan Rhode | Jan 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
While much of the media spotlight was on the attempt by the Austrian leadership to broker a deal on a temporary digital tax on large internet company revenues, intensive work also took place in order to reach an agreement on key VAT...
by Alan Rhode | Dec 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
It is slimmed down with a new name and few safeguard clauses, but will it be any more attractive to its opponents than its predecessor, known as the European Union Digital Service Tax? If first reactions to the Digital Advertising...
by Alan Rhode | Dec 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
When the European Commission first proposed ground-breaking electronic commerce legislation in 2016 to extend the use of the one-stop-shop for processing VAT sales to online merchants, it did require online intermediary platforms...
by Alan Rhode | Dec 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Those were dark days in Estonia in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. And they lasted much longer then the bleak winter days when the sun only makes a cameo appearance. When the economy crashed and a real estate bubble...
by Alan Rhode | Dec 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Faced with a two-front fiasco, French Finance minister Bruno Le Maire realized it was time to cut a deal. And, certainly, compromising with Germany and other EU member states was an easier option than dealing with...
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