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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 by a narrow vote of 215-214. OBBBA includes a new U.S. tax provision that could significantly increase taxes on foreign...more
The world is at a crossroads. The early 1990’s saw the internet opening to the general public, followed shortly thereafter by online sales platforms (Book Stacks Unlimited—1992, Amazon.com—1994, and eBay—1995), and social...more
On Friday October 8, 2021, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced that 136 Nations, including the United States and the rest of the G20, have signed on to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework...more
On 4 and 5 June 2021, the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G7, joined by the Heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Eurogroup,...more
The Italian Digital Services Tax (DST) was introduced as part of the 2019 Italian Budget Law and then amended by the 2020 Italian Budget Law. Among other things, the 2020 Budget Law: (i) provided the applicability of the...more
It can be a little intimidating for a state tax expert to stand around the water cooler with international tax experts that casually throw around terms like BEPS, Pillar 1, Pillar 2, Digital Services Taxes, OECD, GloBE, etc....more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2020 on 11 March 2020. The Budget was delivered against a backdrop that very few people could have anticipated at the commencement of the year....more
Today, UK’s Chancellor announced the first post-Brexit Budget, a fiscal stimulus package of £30 billion. As expected from the Conservative Party’s 2019 election manifesto, there are no changes to the headline rates of...more
The Situation: On December 24, 2019, the Italian Parliament approved the Budget Law for 2020. The Result: New favorable tax changes have been introduced, but also new taxes will be imposed on digital services and the...more