Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation – Interim Report 2018
Inclusive Framework on BEPS
This interim report of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS is a follow-up to the work delivered in 2015 under Action 1 of the BEPS Project on addressing the tax challenges of the digital economy. It sets out the Inclusive Framework’s agreed direction of work on digitalisation and the international tax rules through to 2020. It describes how digitalisation is also affecting other areas of the tax system, providing tax authorities with new tools that are translating into improvements in taxpayer services, improving the efficiency of tax collection and detecting tax evasion.
Interim measures to address the tax challenges arising from digitalisation
This chapter notes that there is no consensus on either the merit or need for interim measures with a number of countries opposed to such measures on the basis that they give rise to risks and adverse consequences irrespective of their design. Other countries acknowledge these challenges, but consider that they do not outweigh the need to implement interim measures and consider that at least some of the possible adverse consequences can be mitigated through the design of the measure. Countries in favour of the introduction of interim measures have set out guidance on the design considerations that need to be taken into account when considering the introduction of such measures.
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