Taxpayers fear COVID-19 will trigger new DSTs

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Taxpayers fear COVID-19 will trigger new DSTs

Danish Mehboob, 
Mattias Cruz Cano
April 27 2020
The pandemic could give rise to more unilateral measures

Tax professionals are concerned that the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 could derail the OECD’s digital tax plans and trigger further unilateral action. They hope it doesn’t.

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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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