by Mike Lewis | Jun 5, 2025
The UK is weighing the future of its Digital Services Tax (DST), under pressure from US trade threats. From the White House to the tech sector, the DST has been described as a discriminatory ‘tariff’ almost entirely targeting large US internet companies. No-one seems...
by Claire Aston | Apr 3, 2025
The UK government’s apparent willingness to reduce the Digital Services Tax (DST) rate to placate the Trump administration and potentially secure exemptions from US tariffs represents a concerning development in UK’s tax policy. As recently reported by The...
by Claire Aston | Jun 7, 2024
The UK Liberal Democrats have re-issued a pledge to significantly increase the rate of the current UK’s Digital Services Tax (DST) from 2% to 6%, if they were to form part of the next UK Government at the upcoming General Election, intended to boost spending on mental...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jun 20, 2022
Online marketplace Etsy paid just £128,000 in UK Corporation Tax in 2020, whilst booking huge amounts of UK revenue in Ireland, new research from TaxWatch has found. As traditional bricks and mortar shops were hit by successive lockdowns as a result of the pandemic,...
by George Turner | Jun 20, 2022
20th June 2022 Etsy says that it is a company “committed to using the power of business and technology to strengthen communities and empower people around the world”. 1Prioritizing the people at the center of commerce, Etsy, https://advocacy.etsy.com/about/ But...
