UK/US arm-wrestling on the digital turnover tax

UK/US arm-wrestling on the digital turnover tax

How long will the U.K. post-Brexit honeymoon with the U.S. last? Not long if the Boris Johnson-led Tory government carries through on its commitment to adopt a digital turnover tax in the upcoming budget. After turning the screws on France and its digital service tax,...
A new decade for EU taxation

A new decade for EU taxation

A new decade, new faces, a new agenda. But will it mean new solutions for old problems such as energy taxation needed to tackle climate change or VAT fraud or new taxes to help cover the EU Brexit funding gap or the ever present need...
The U.S. pivot on digital tax talks

The U.S. pivot on digital tax talks

  For all the skeptics that have stood on the sidelines of the OECD digital tax talks and cast doubts about the chances of 128 countries agreeing to radically reform the international tax system in 2020, these past weeks have...
The EU Legacy of Super Mario

The EU Legacy of Super Mario

Former European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti, who served as the European Union’s antitrust czar in the early 2000s, would hardly be confused was a take-charge battlefield commander determined to crush his opponents. Instead, throughout his...