Bolivia Proposes Value-Added Tax on Offshore Digital Providers

The Bolivian government has sent lawmakers a measure to extend the country’s value-added tax to digital services provided by overseas platforms, the Ministry of Economy and Public Finances said Tuesday.

With a 13% VAT rate, the proposal would raise 30 million Bolivian boliviano ($4.4 million) annually, Deputy Minister for Tax Policy Jhonny Morales said in an announcement.

• “This figure will grow over time as the digital market expands until where almost everything is digital,” he said.
• The government said the measure would level the playing field between global tech giants like Amazon.com Inc. and Netflix Inc. and businesses ...