A levy on electronic transactions in Ghana makes sense if the government gets the architecture for it right
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Kenya’s digital service taxes could end up punishing struggling start-ups that shifted into the digital space for survival.
A proposed global plan to close cross-border tax loopholes compares poorly to a digital services tax imposed by individual countries.
Not content with swinging behind a global digital tax, now the US treasury secretary wants to put paid to bargain corporation tax rates in general.
Facebook says it will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram if a proposal to force tech giants to pay for news becomes law.
New Zealanders and struggling media companies are paying the price for an unwillingness to tax the tech giants’ local profits.
France agreed to postpone implementing its law to tax US technology giants as negotiators from nearly 140 countries seek agreement on reforms to the international tax system.
The US reaction to the UK’s digital tax proposals is like 1765 all over again.
Digital transactions generate massive amounts of revenue and the Kenyan government wants to ensure that online traders pay their fair share of taxes.
New media platforms have changed the way people create, consume and relate the news.
As Canada’s federal government sends mixed signals on digital taxation, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a historic precedent and paves the way for other countries to tackle the digital economy.
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Senior lecturer, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer, Information Technology and the Law, Daystar University
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Senior Lecturer in American History, University of St Andrews
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Edwin S. Cohen Distinguished Professor of Law and Taxation, University of Virginia
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Ghana
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Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Law, McGill University