Govt ready and willing to fill the gap on digital services tax if OECD solution fails

Govt ready and willing to fill the gap on digital services tax if OECD solution fails
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth June 4 (BusinessDesk) - The government is concerned that a concerted international effort to ensure multinational digital firms pay their fair share of tax will fail, so will decide this year on whether to go it alone as an interim measure.  Ministers Grant Robertson and Stuart Nash today said they would prefer to be part of a multilateral effort through the Organisation for Economic Cooperative and Development, but if that doesn't make sufficient progress, the government will introduce a 3 percent tax on certain digital tr...

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