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The OECD's proposals for the taxation of the digital economy

The OECD's proposals for the taxation of the digital economy

Tomoko Ikawa and Gary Barnett’s article for LexisNexis setting out the OECD’s plans to find a global solution for the taxation of the digital economy

13 June 2019

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The G20 has endorsed the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) programme of work for reaching agreement on an international approach to taxing activities of multinational enterprises in the digital economy. Tomoko Ikawa (Partner (non-lawyer)) and Gary Barnett (senior PSL), Simmons & Simmons, discuss the OECD’s far reaching and controversial proposals in this area.

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The OECD's proposals for the taxation of the digital economy

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