Videocast: 2020 – The year of digital taxation
Over the last few years, state and local governments have drastically increased their efforts to tax streaming services, including online video, music, and gaming services, especially as consumers cut the cord on cable...more
A Maryland state court invalidated the state’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising (Maryland Digital Advertising Tax) earlier this week. Enacted in February 2021, the Maryland Digital Advertising Tax was...more
Part 1 of this series discussed the proposals adopted by various countries to impose taxes on the digital economy, particularly by taxing various types of digital advertising and other digital services. These taxes allow...more
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that the Department of the Treasury has reached an agreement with Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom regarding the treatment of...more
On March 31, 2021, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a notice seeking comments regarding proposed duties on imported goods from Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom (UK). The...more
SENATE OUTCOMES WILL SHAPE THE BIDEN TAX AGENDA - The waiting is over and Joe Biden is the declared winner of the presidential election. Because both Senate races in Georgia have gone to run-offs we won’t know until January...more
We invite you to join us for our Tax in the City®: A Women’s Tax Roundtable in Seattle. We plan to discuss, among other topics, post-TCJA tax treatment of foreign branches (and disregarded entities), new BEAT guidance, an...more
The Spring 2020 Budget included confirmation that a new UK digital services tax (DST) comes into effect from 1 April 2020. DST was originally announced in the 2018 Budget as a new tax designed to ensure that the amount of tax...more
Following the publication of the Finance Bill 2020 the UK government is pressing ahead with the introduction of the Digital Services Tax from 1 April 2020. From 1 April 2020 the UK government is introducing a new tax in...more
Earlier today, the Maryland legislature passed H.B. 732, which proposes a first of its kind Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax. The legislature also passed H.B. 932, which would expand Maryland’s sales tax to sales of...more
In 2020, state and local tax practitioners have witnessed the emergence of a new trend: the proposed taxation of advertising services and data usage. In this Bottom Line videocast, Charles Capouet and Samantha Trencs discuss:...more
Mark your calendars for our spring 2020 Tax in the City®: A Women’s Tax Roundtable in Seattle—a forum for women tax professionals to discuss technical state, federal and international tax issues in a collegial and...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 3 (February 6, 2020) - France has agreed to suspend collection of the Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, or “GAFA” digital tax until the end of the year, allowing for a period of...more
With the approval of Law 27 December 2019, no. 160 (the Budget Law), the Italian digital services tax (the DST), initially provided by Law 30 December 2018, no. 145, has finally come into force, being effective as of 1...more
Home speaker maker Sonos has sued Google, accusing the company of “infringing on five of its patents, including technology that lets wireless speakers connect and synchronize with one another.” Sonos had originally partnered...more
Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. § 2411, authorizes the president to take retaliatory action if it is determined that a trade act, policy, or practice of a foreign government is unreasonable or discriminatory...more
The Situation: The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") determined that France's digital services tax ("DST") unreasonably burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, particularly U.S. technology companies. ...more
On July 2, 2019, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released the 2018 numbers for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the US. Total 2018 FDI was $273 billion and of that figure, European investors accounted for $116 billion or...more
On July 10, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced that his office will investigate under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“Section 301”) whether France’s new digital tax law unfairly targets American...more
Recently passed budget legislation in both Connecticut and Rhode Island included tax increases on sales of digital goods and services. The Connecticut bill has been signed into law. The Rhode Island bill passed late last...more
This Week: Senators Warner and Hawley introduce the DASHBOARD Act, Senate Finance Committee leaders urge Mnuchin to stave off digital tax, House and Senate panels examine machine learning, artificial intelligence, Senate...more
The UK government broadens the scope of tax on non-resident persons and contemplates changes to stamp duty, taxing the digital economy, and Brexit-related changes. In recent years the pace of change in the corporate tax...more
The UK government seeks representations from stakeholders regarding the design of its proposed “digital services tax,” which would apply to search engines, social media platforms, and online marketplaces, and levy a 2% tax on...more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2018 on 29 October 2018. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of the UK’s negotiations with the European Union concerning Brexit. ...more
As promised, the Fed on Wednesday announced “one of the most significant rollbacks of bank rules” since the White House changed hands in the form of a draft proposal that would loosen capital and liquidity requirements for...more