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US brake on digital taxation

2020-06-18T18:21:26.034Z


Washington is asking for a "break" from international negotiations. A "provocation", denounces Bruno Le Maire.


The long-awaited major reform of digital taxation has had its foot in the wing. The negotiations, launched three years ago at the international level under the aegis of the OECD mandated by the G20, whose objective is to build a 21st century taxation adapted to an increasingly digital economy, had already taken delay in recent weeks due to the coronavirus epidemic. These discussions, which were to lead to a compromise by the end of the year, will be further delayed by the fault of the United States, which is asking for a " break ". The American Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, officially announces it in a letter addressed to Bruno Le Maire, as well as to his three European counterparts from Great Britain, Spain and Italy, with a copy to Angel Gurria, the Secretary General of the 'OECD.

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This letter is not addressed at random, it targets the four countries that have decided to apply a tax on digital companies, based on turnover, pending a

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Source: lefigaro

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