OECD Still Pushing Ahead on Digital Tax Rewrite Despite Pandemic

The OECD still aims to deliver a global tax overhaul by the end of the year, even as the coronavirus pandemic continues, the organization’s head tax official said.

The work continues despite calls from business groups for a pause and the challenges of negotiating virtually, said Pascal Saint-Amans, director of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Center for Tax Policy and Administration, on a webcast Friday hosted by the U.K. firm Jericho Chambers.

Meanwhile, a growing number of unilateral measures are ratcheting up the pressure on a multilateral solution. As the OECD seeks agreement among nearly 140