Tax directors fear DSTs could remain after an OECD agreement

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Tax directors fear DSTs could remain after an OECD agreement

Alice Jones
September 29 2021
The lack of ring-fencing around pillar one could mean governments target the digital economy in other ways

Governments may be reluctant to roll back unilateral digital services taxes (DSTs) even after an OECD solution on pillars one and two has been agreed, creating risks of double taxation.

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Alice is an editor of commercial content across Euromoney brands including International Tax Review (ITR), Managing IP (MIP), and International Financial Law Review (IFLR). She joined the commercial team in March 2022 after working as a journalist for ITR.
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