Letter to BS: The road to a common tax code still has several hurdles

The 2020 deadline certainly seems unrealistic; but the work on achieving a consensus must continue

Apropos your editorial “Digital tax breakthrough” (June 11), however long and arduous the road to a common tax code may be, it is a goal well worth pursuing. Of course, there will be several hurdles but then, all good reforms face those. The biggest rogue — USA — is expectedly against the move. Not only does the giant stands, the they must disagree with anything that everyone else in the world thinks is good. We are already witness to his illogical opposition to efforts for containing climate change and now, he will find another reform to disagree with. Notwithstanding the