Senators Push Back On Global Digital Taxes, While US Pulls Out Of OECD Technology Tax Talks
Executive Summary
Two US senators said last week that Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries should drop plans to impose digital taxes on US businesses – a scheme that would impact firms that make digital health devices, including Apple, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson and IBM.
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