Progress Made and Differences Remain on EU Digital Services Tax Following ECOFIN Meeting

On 6 November 2018, The European Economic and Financial Affairs Council met to discuss various issues, including the European Commission's proposed digital services tax. According to a release on the meeting, progress was made on a number of issues such as definitions, tax collection, and administrative cooperation, but there are still differences between EU Member States on several issues, including the precise scope of services which would be subject to the future tax. One area in particul…