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Digital taxation: How a consensus-based approach may benefit Indian economy

The government has taken a balanced stance by committing to the multilateral approach for addressing tax challenges of digitalisation

Shibboleths of the 'ideal' tax system

The time-hallowed principle of focusing on direct taxes is worth questioning

Best of BS Opinion: Gaps in tax reform, mapping recovery, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday

India shifts international tax deal stand with an eye on revenue

India and other developing countries were fighting to include companies with at least Euro 1 billion in revenues as against the final proposal of Euro 20 billion revenues and a profit margin above 10%

Google tax: US imposes tariffs on India, but with six-month delay

Following the consultation, the USTR has decided to impose a tariff of up to 25 per cent ad valorem on aggregate level of trade on a slew of Indian products

Digital tax row: US suspends additional tariffs on India, 5 other countries

USTR Katherine Tai, in a statement, announced the conclusion of the one-year Section 301 investigations of Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) adopted by Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK

US sets and suspends tariffs on six countries over digital taxes

The US Trade Representative's office said it had approved the threatened tariffs on goods from Britain, Italy, Spain, Turkey, India and Austria

India notifies digital tax threshold of Rs 2 crore and 300,000 users

This is part of the Significant Economic Presence (SEP) principle, which was introduced in the Finance Bill 2018-19

Digital Tax: India may oppose Biden govt move to tax only top 100 cos

The latest proposal by Washington, shared with 130 countries, aims to tax only those entities with a global revenue of $20 bn and is not limited to digital players

Making of Bidenomics

The idea of a global minimum tax rate has merits

US trade chief readies tariffs against six countries over digital taxes

The taxes target in-country revenues of digital services platforms, such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon.com

Finance Bill gives relief on digital tax, provident fund threshold

Tax breaks for DFIs; way for LIC listing cleared

Biden admin removes stumbling block to global deal on digital tax

On Friday, Yellen said at a meeting of G-20 finance ministers that the US "is no longer advocating for safe harbour implementation", a US Treasury official told the Financial Times

Top headlines: Digital tax proposal may end up in court, Ruia's faith

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Budget 2021-22 proposal on digital tax likely to land up in court

Foreign players in a fix as they will now come under levy's ambit

Digital Service Taxes discriminates against US firms: Trade Department

The US Trade Representative on Thursday said that the Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) discriminates against American companies.

USTR backs action against India's equalisation levy, finds it burdensome

Highlighting the discrimination part, the report said that of the companies that are subjected to India's equalisation levy, 72 per cent are American companies

US slams India, Italy on digital taxes, could impose retaliatory tariffs

Digital services taxes adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against US companies and are inconsistent with international tax principles, the US Trade Representative's office has said

China regulator says should consider digital data tax for tech firms

"Some third-party platform-like enterprises hold a large amount of users data, just like holding precious mineral mines," science and technology supervision bureau chief said

Canada plans digital tax in 2022 on global tech giants such as FB, Google

The new tax would come into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, and remain in place until a common approach is agreed upon