May 21, 2021 CMA and ICO publish joint policy statement on competition and data protection law By Sophie Chesterton The Competition and Markets Authority and the Information Commissioner’s Office yesterday released a joint policy statement on...
Oct 10, 2019 A tax revolution? The OECD takes on the digital economy By Florence Barnes The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) yesterday announced its long-awaited proposals to tackle tax for the...
Jul 11, 2019 Patchwork of digital taxes intensifies By Rhiannon Kinghall Were The UK's push forward with its own Digital Service Tax (DST) intensifies following publication of the draft legislation that will bring...
Mar 15, 2019 Digital economy under pressure - where next for tax and regulation? By Gregory Price My colleague Rhiannon Kinghall Were has already covered the tax aspects of this week's Spring Statement (available here).Spoiler alert:...
Feb 15, 2019 Cairncross Review recommends CMA investigation into competition in online advertising By Sophie Chesterton On Tuesday of this week, the Cairncross Review into a sustainable future for journalism was released. The Review highlights failures of...
Dec 05, 2018 Is EU digital services tax in its death throes? By Ashley Greenbank The Financial Times reports today on the latest moves in the attempts to introduce some form of EU-wide tax on digital services. The...
Nov 20, 2018 The "Kim Kardashian tax" - three key problems By Catherine Hill The Government has announced that it will soon introduce a new tax on "digital services". The idea behind it is that individuals can...
Nov 01, 2018 EU to draft UK tax laws? By Catherine Hill Attempts to legislate on tax across the EU have always been dogged by the fact that decision making in that area requires unanimous...
Oct 30, 2018 The quiet but not shy overseas intangibles tax By Rhiannon Kinghall Were The new digital services tax (DST) has stolen many of the headlines the morning after the Budget. The unassumingly titled "offshore...
Oct 26, 2018 Expecting a boring Budget...? By Ashley Greenbank A Monday in October is a very odd day to choose for a Budget. But the timing of Monday's Budget is important - and not just because it...
May 03, 2018 UK distances itself from EU digital services tax By Ashley Greenbank The Financial Times report at the weekend suggests that UK support for the EU Commission's proposed digital services tax - the 3% levy on...
Mar 12, 2018 A lot of huffing and puffing... By Ashley Greenbank It's the week of the Spring Statement, an event which, if reports are to be believed, promises a lot of announcements but not much...
Feb 20, 2018 Reform of taxation of intangibles: yet more consultation By Ashley Greenbank As promised at the time of the Autumn Budget, the Government has launched a consultation on reform of the intangible fixed asset regime. ...
Feb 19, 2018 Extension of withholding tax on royalties: a bad idea at the best of times By Ashley Greenbank The consultation period for the Government's proposal to extend the scope of UK withholding tax on royalties to all payments derived from...