US warns of WTO action over 'discriminatory' digital services taxes on tech companies

Dev Kundaliya
clock 13 March 2019 •
Chip Harter, Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs) at the US Department of the Treasury
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Chip Harter, Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs) at the US Department of the Treasury

Treasury official Chip Harter asks EU countries to go for tax reform at the OECD

The US has warned France and other European Union (EU) countries that it may file a complaint at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over "discriminatory" new taxes on US internet and technology companies....

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