Pillar one’s safe harbour falls short of industry expectations

Danish Mehboob

September 26, 2022

Contractor concept. Yellow hardhat, libella and plans on the gray tiles.

Sources say they are not satisfied with pillar one protections in the marketing and distribution safe harbour, even though it was designed to give businesses greater tax certainty.

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Danish Mehboob

Senior Reporter ITR

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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