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Digital Services Tax: A Cross-Border Variation Of The Consumption Tax Debate, Young Ran Kim May 2020

Digital Services Tax: A Cross-Border Variation Of The Consumption Tax Debate, Young Ran Kim

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

The rise of highly digitalized businesses, such as Google and Amazon, has strained the traditional income tax rules on nexus and profit allocation. Traditionally, profit is allocated to market countries where consumers are located only if the business has a physical presence. However, in the digital economy, profits can be easily generated in market countries without a physical presence, resulting in tax revenue loss for market countries. In response, market countries have started imposing a new tax, called the digital services tax (DST), on certain digital business models, which has ignited heated debate across the globe. Supporters defend the DST, …


Digital Services Tax: A Cross-Border Variation Of The Consumption Tax Debate, Young Ran Kim Apr 2020

Digital Services Tax: A Cross-Border Variation Of The Consumption Tax Debate, Young Ran Kim

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

The rise of highly digitalized businesses, such as Google and Amazon, has strained the traditional income tax rules on nexus and profit allocation. Traditionally, profit is allocated to market countries where consumers are located only if the business has physical presence. However, in the digital economy, profits can be easily generated in market countries without a physical presence, resulting in tax revenue loss for market countries. In response, market countries have started imposing a new tax, called the digital services tax (“DST”), on certain digital business models, which has ignited heated debate across the globe. Supporters defend the DST, designed …