Developing nations to gain 1% corp tax from digital tax deal: top OECD exec

In a Q&A, Pascal Saint-Amans, director at Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD says global digital tax and digital service tax by individual countries can't co-exist

As countries negotiate on digital tax under the aegis of OECD, director at the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Pascal Saint-Amans tells Dilasha that the global digital tax and digital service tax by individual countries such as equalisation levy can’t co-exist. The issue is the timing of the withdrawal of DST, which can be decided in the negotiations on digital tax that likely conclude by Friday. Edited excerpts:

How justified are the concerns raised by the G-24 on the two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of economies going