OECD Digital Tax Project on 2020 Timeline, Officials Say (1)

The OECD is “still in a 2020 time frame” to try reaching consensus on digital taxation, but some issues remain to be negotiated, officials said Thursday.

Leaders from Group of 7 and Group of 20 countries are asking the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to stick to the original 2020 deadline for the project despite the coronavirus pandemic, said Achim Pross, head of the International Co-operation and Tax Administration Division at the OECD’s Center for Tax Policy and Administration.

“From where I sit I would not mind having more time,” Pross said on a webcast hosted by Bloomberg ...