January 2021 - Changes are around the corner: the BEPS 2.0 Pillar 1 update

In October 2019, the OECD released proposals for a new unified approach to taxation of multinational enterprises in the digital environment, the so-called Pillar 1 of the BEPS 2.0 project. In November 2019, the OECD also released the Global Anti-base Erosion (GloBE) proposal, the so-called Pillar 2 of the BEPS 2.0 project. On 12 October 2020, the G20/OECD Inclusive Framework on BEPS (“Inclusive Framework”) released two detailed “blueprints” in relation to its ongoing work to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy (“Pillar 1”) and in relation to the tax rules designed to ensure that large multinational businesses pay a minimum level of tax on all profits in all jurisdictions (“Pillar 2”).
The OECD’s aim is to bring the process to a conclusion by mid-2021.
This tax newsletter comments on the Pillar 1 initiation, and we would comment on the Pillar 2 in a separate tax newsletter.
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