This paper aims to describe the state of multilateral and unilateral efforts to tax digital services; summarize the state of economic analysis on digital services taxes; and provide an overview of where the Philippines stands in relation to other countries in digital service taxation. On-going...

This article is discussing comparative approaches to the definitions of the e-commerce and e-payment. The international taxation systems, direct and indirect taxation, entity isolation and “arm's length principle” applied to entity isolation problem, resident-based and source-based taxation,...

Rapid growth in e-commerce has altered the ability of jurisdictions to enforce commodity taxes on a destination basis. This results in different effective tax rates depending on the way in which goods and services are purchased and the characteristics of both the products and the sellers. We...

Purpose: This study aims to propose a potential tax model for taxing e-commerce transactions in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach was employed in this study to unravel methods for taxing e-commerce transactions in Malaysia by interviewing key policymakers, tax...

Though electronic commerce has created immense opportunities for the trade, it has given rise to various challenges with respect to levy of tax on cross border digital transactions. It was important to arrive at a common solution for taxing digital economy by all the countries involved and thus...