digital tax

US President Donald Trump hosts a business session with US governors who are in town for the National Governors Association's (NGA) annual winter meeting, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, 21 February 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis
USA

Trump orders trade chief to revive tariff retaliation against digital taxes

A White House official, providing details of the order, said Trump was directing his administration to consider responsive actions like tariffs "to combat the digital service taxes (DSTs),...

Big Tech may face a reckoning in 2021, and in more ways than one. Photographer: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images/Bloomberg
Global Economy

USTR slams India, Italy, Turkey on digital taxes but holds off on tariffs

The European Union is also considering going ahead with a bloc-wide tax on digital services if a global deal is not reached by mid-2021. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Indonesia considers digital tax even without world consensus

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Global Economy

Canada plans digital tax in 2022 on global tech giants

Biden should clarify US position on digital tax within two months, France says
Tech

Biden should clarify US position on digital tax within two months, France says

French Prime Minister Jean Castex and Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, wearing protective face masks, leave after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Global Economy

France orders tech giants to pay digital tax

The ministry had hoped to raise about 500 million euros this year from the tax, but the 2021 budget bill puts the figure at 400 million. Photo: Collected
Tech

France orders tech giants to pay digital tax

The Liverpool seaport in UK. If a Brexit deal is reached without a tariff and quota free provision, shipments are likely to clog the port and delay unloading. Photo: Collected
Global Economy

The year that roiled global trade still poses five big risks

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool
Global Economy

Europe threatens digital taxes without global deal, after US quits talks

A driver holds a phone displaying the Uber mobile application in Nairobi. Photographer: Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images
Tech

Digital tax planned to hit Google and Netflix in Kenya

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Global Economy

Global lobbying groups call for delay to India's new digital tax

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire attends a news conference to kick off the France's national lottery operator Francaise des Jeux (FDJ) listing with the opening of the share subscription process in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France, November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
Global Economy

No global digital tax by end-2020 would mean digital tax chaos: France

France's Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire addresses a news conference during the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
World+Biz

France uses Davos to pursue global 'digital tax' goal