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The Economics of the Digital Services Tax

The use of digital services is largely non-rival. This paper argues that vanishing marginal costs of supply change policy incentives. Small countries are incentivized to tax the import of digital services. In fact, various countries have already moved towards expanded source taxation of online business activities. If such practice spreads, the quality of digital services will be negatively affected. This paper argues that countries exporting digital services have reason to respond by promoting an international tax regime in which the profit earned on remote supplies of digital business services is split between the countries involved.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 7863

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Accounting and Auditing: Government Policy and Regulation
Thema
digital services
remote supply
import tax
alleviating double taxation
profit splitting

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Richter, Wolfram F.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2019

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Richter, Wolfram F.
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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