France rejects US idea that companies opt out of proposed tax reform
The French finance minister says any international tax rules must be binding and that Europe should revive the EU digital tax if OECD reform fails
06 December 2019 - 14:53
Paris — France rejects a US idea for companies to opt out of a proposed international tax reform, finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday, urging Washington to negotiate in good faith.
The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is in the midst of the biggest rewrite of international tax rules since the 1920s, aimed at updating them globally for the digital era...
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