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Loren Ponds Weighs In on Difficulty of Countries Terminating DSTs at Once in Washington Internet Daily

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"Hard to Get Many Countries to Simultaneously End Digital Taxes, Say Experts"

Washington Internet Daily

Tax Member Loren Ponds discussed the role of digital services taxes (DSTs) in negotiations around international tax harmonization. Noting a U.S. proposal for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member-countries to drop such levies, Ponds said "it's a matter of everybody dropping their weapons at the same time" and "nobody wants to go first."