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The Role of Digital Platforms in the Collection of VAT/GST on Online Sales

OECD Tax Database

Comparative information on a range of tax statistics that are levied in the OECD member countries. Tax revenues, personal income taxes, corporate and capital income taxes, effective tax rates, social security contributions, VAT and excise duties. Now also including corporate tax statistics on inclusive framework members.

Report: The Role of Digital Platforms in the Collection of VAT/GST on Online Sales

This report provides practical guidance to tax authorities on the design and implementation of a variety of solutions for enlisting the platforms economy, including e-commerce marketplaces and other digital platforms, in the effective and efficient collection of VAT/GST on digital sales.

Global tax community welcomes new measures to enlist online marketplaces in the collection of VAT/GST in e-commerce

Meeting in Melbourne, Australia on 20-22 March 2019, around 300 participants attending the Global Forum on VAT, welcomed measures proposed in a new report by the OECD on The Role of Digital Platforms in the Collection of VAT/GST on Online Sales. The report includes new measures to make e-commerce marketplaces liable for the VAT/GST on sales made by online traders through their platforms.

Global Forum on VAT

The fifth meeting of the OECD will take place in Melbourne, Australia in March 2019 and is expected to include representatives from over 100 countries across the globe together with officials from international organisations.

Consumption Tax Trends 2018 - VAT/GST and Excise Rates, Trends and Policy Issues

Tax revenues continue increasing as the tax mix shifts further towards corporate and consumption taxes

Tax revenues in advanced economies have continued to increase, with taxes on companies and personal consumption representing an increasing share of total tax revenues, according to new OECD research.

Brochure - OECD work on taxation

This brochure highlights the key areas of work of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration and the various groups that it serves.

Simplified registration and collection mechanisms for taxpayers that are not located in the jurisdiction of taxation

This paper reviews and evaluates the efficacy of simplified tax registration and collection mechanisms for securing compliance of taxpayers over which the jurisdiction with taxing rights has limited or no authority to effectively enforce a tax collection or other compliance obligation.

Status of the Value-added Tax Reform in the People’s Republic of China 2018

China's reform measures demonstrate not only a continuously growing alignment of China’s VAT system with the international standards on VAT design and operation embedded in the OECD Guidelines, but also China’s commitment and contribution to the development of consistent and effective international VAT policies as a member of the OECD’s Global Forum on VAT.