A popular trend that advertising agencies, startups, and other organizations have adopted (especially with the rise of COVID-19) are remote employees. Software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) tools have made working remotely seamless — to the point that some businesses run 100% remotely with no physical location. Entrepreneurs and their fully remote offices commonly miss the legal implications […]
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“Diving” into Tax Treaty Issues: The Deep End or the Shallow End?
The United Kingdom Supreme Court’s recent decision in Fowler v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, [2020] UKSC 22, is likely to be seen as an important international tax case and, to that end but possibly without as much justification as discussion in the tax community may make it seem, as a “tax […]
The Tech Giants, COVID-19 and Digital Taxation
The global tech giants, such as the FAANGS (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google and Shopify) in the US and the BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) in China are proving themselves to be “essential” in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by allowing people to stay connected, and public institutions as well as essential businesses to […]