Key divides in OECD digital tax talks likely won’t be addressed this year

International digital service tax talks, which U.S. stakeholders hope will obviate foreign digital taxes and other countries see as an avenue to avoid U.S. tariffs, are set to miss an end-of-year deadline because negotiators are unlikely to solve key political divides ahead of the U.S. elections, according to industry sources. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s “Inclusive Framework” talks include more than 130 countries that have been working to forge, by the end of 2020, an international tax structure...