1.5% DST on digital and electronic transactions Rwanda has published several new tax laws, including a Digital Services Tax and have a substantial presence in the country as part of a widespread set of a revenue measures known as National Strategy for Transformation. The tax will
5% sales tax on online advertising revenues earned from Austrian users In 2020, Austria introduced a Digital Services Tax (DST) as part of a broader digital tax package, targeting large online corporations that generate advertising revenue in Austria. This measure came after failed EU-level attempts
New government to drawing-up 10% digital advertising DST The new Merz Federal government is considering a 10% levy on large digital platforms such as Google and Meta. In the current global tax regime, such digital platforms are able to sell data, advertising and marketplace services
US House of Representatives bill passed with threats of fines on countries imposed unfair taxes, including Digital Services Taxes In February, President Trump memo orders review of remedies against global digital taxes targeting US tech. Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey & UK DST’s singled out
New Zealand scraps DST bill on US tariff threat On 20 May 2025, New Zealand’s Minister of Revenue, Simon Watts, announced that the government has decided not to proceed with the Digital Services Tax (DST) Bill, which had been introduced by the prior administration in
UK avoids reduction in 2% Digital Services Tax to secure lower tariff quotas The UK government avoided an anticipated reduction or withdrawal of its £800 million Digital Services Tax (DST) to win a limited trade deal with Trump administration on 8 May. Instead, the two
July 2025 5% DST to be replaced by 15% Withholding Tax Uganda is the latest country to propose retiring its Digital Services Tax on foreign suppliers of digital services. This comes as US DST review progresses with the threat of trade tariffs for jurisdictions that
Italy & US agree DST are discriminatory taxes Following meetings between Italian Prime Minister Meloni and US President Trump, their governments have issued a statement against “discriminatory” taxes such as Italy’s Digital Services Taxes. On 21 February 2025, US President Trump signed an order to
EU alerts may rekindle DST on threat of US retaliatory tariffs The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has raised the prospect of restarting discussions between the EU 27 member states on a pan-EU 3% Digital Services Tax. This follows further US reciprocal tariffs
