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Services Taxation Major Sticking Point in UN Talks, Chair Says (06/26/2026)

Disagreements over how to tax cross-border services are proving to be a major hurdle for negotiators working on a United Nations global tax agreement, the head of the negotiating committee said Friday.

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Tax Incentives Continue to Dominate Governments’ R&D Support (06/26/2026)

Government support for research and development through tax incentives has more than doubled over two decades, new OECD data shows.

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Trump Vows 100% Tariff If Countries Impose Digital Services Tax (06/26/2026)

President Trump says any country that imposes a digital services tax on American companies “will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF” on all goods sent to the US.

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Tax AI Where Profits Are Created, OpenAI Executive Says (06/26/2026)

Tax policy for artificial intelligence should focus on where profits are created, a top OpenAI executive said on June 26,2026.

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Trump threatens 100% tariff on any country that imposes digital services tax

This article reports that President Trump threatened a 100% tariff on goods from any country imposing a digital services tax on U.S. companies. The article links the threat to France’s existing digital services tax on revenues from online marketplaces and advertising, as well as broader U.S. objections to European DSTs that the U.S. Trade Representative has argued discriminate against American technology companies.

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ECJ Adviser Backs EU Probe Into Mead Johnson Gibraltar Tax Break (06/25/2026)

The European Court of Justice should back the European Commission’s decision to extend a state aid investigation into whether a Gibraltar entity of the Mead Johnson Nutrition group received preferential tax treatment, an adviser to the court wrote on June 25, 2026.

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AI Has No Place in Global Digital Tax Talks, US Official Says (06/23/2026) Author: Lauren Vella

Artificial intelligence doesn’t belong in the OECD-led discussions about taxing the digital economy, the top US delegate to the organization said on June 23, 2026.

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OECD to Release Data on Impact of US Global Tax Carve-Out (1) (06/22/2026)

The OECD plans to release a report in July on the impact of the global minimum tax following a January agreement that carves out US multinationals from key parts of the minimum levy’s framework.

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Trump Poised to Roll Out New Tariffs as He Refunds the Old Ones

Tariff revenue is now flowing out of the US Treasury’s coffers faster than it’s coming in, with nearly $22 billion in unlawfully collected duties reimbursed to importers in May.

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Corporate Tax Exemptions Most Popular Incentive, OECD Data Says (06/18/2026)

Corporate income tax exemptions remain the most popular investment tax incentive instrument across most of the globe, data compiled by the OECD shows.

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