Global tax community welcomes new measures to enlist online marketplaces in the collection of VAT/GST in e-commerce

Delegates from over 100 jurisdictions, including regional and international organisations, have unanimously endorsed new rules that will ensure the collection of additional VAT/GST revenues and will level the playing field between operators in traditional and online markets. Meeting in Melbourne, Australia on 20-22 March 2019, around 300 participants attending the Global Forum on VAT, welcomed measures proposed in a new report by the OECD on The Role of Digital Platforms ...

OECD Global Forum on VAT: Tax experts gather to discuss solutions for common challenges in the design and operation of VAT systems; also the boom in e-commerce was discussed in the context of the BEPS Project

  In a press release of 13 April 2017 the OECD announced that approximately 300 participants, representing over 100 delegations from countries, jurisdictions and international organisations, as well as representatives from the business community and academia, gathered on 12 – 14 April 2017 in Paris for the fourth meeting of the OECD Global Forum on VAT. Also the release of the Recommendation of the Council on the Application of Value ...