Taxing Digital Trade Could Speed Pandemic Recovery

Event: Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilization

Taxing Digital Trade Could Speed Pandemic Recovery

30 March 2022

Author / Speaker:

Richard Highfield, ADB - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Go Nagata, ADB - Other materials by the author

Addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge the fiscal management of just about all governments within the Asia and Pacific region. At the same time,  the surge in e-commerce that largely coincided with COVID-19 has greatly boosted the potential for governments to bolster tax revenues by applying Value Added Tax (VAT) more effectively to digital trade.

Geographical Focus:

Global

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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