Last stretch to taxing the digital economy

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Last stretch to taxing the digital economy

Danish Mehboob
November 01 2021
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The political race to international tax reform is near its end, but the technical work remains. Yet pillar two is turning out to be a much bigger problem than pillar one for large multinational companies, writes Danish Mehboob.

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Danish reports on all matters of direct tax and BEPS. He covers a range of tax issues in these areas and what multinationals are doing to manage the tax burdens. Danish also specialises in tax technology and data management.
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