Spain Says It Will Keep Digital Tax Until Global Agreement Found

A Spanish official said Thursday the country will keep its digital tax, despite threats from the US.

Spain is “strongly committed” to its digital tax, and will continue to be until a global agreement is found, said Jorge Ferreras Gutierrez, Spain’s deputy director general for tax policy in the ministry of finance.

Ferreras Gutierrez was speaking at the CFE Tax Symposium in Ghent, Belgium.

Spain, along with France, the UK, the US and other countries, promised to scrap their digital taxes once countries reach a deal at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Progress on that ...