A new global tax reporting framework for digital platforms released by the OECD on Friday seeks to promote standardized rules for how individuals on those platforms report their revenues.
Such platforms, including peer-to-peer online marketplaces, food delivery companies and sharing economy companies like Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc., are a rapidly growing segment of many countries’ economies, but tax authorities are finding it hard to tax them effectively. The OECD is aiming to create consistency among tax administrations’ measures and to help digital platforms avoid unnecessary reporting burdens from differing unilateral rules.