Momentum is emerging for the idea of adding a regulatory...
Momentum is emerging for the idea of adding a regulatory provision in the International Telecommunication Regulations to prohibit international double taxation, according to an ITU-T submission by a group of Latin American and Caribbean countries that backs an African regional…
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proposal. “Countries are free to levy fiscal taxes on international telecommunications services in accordance with their national laws, but international double taxation must be avoided,” the African proposal said. The exact wording should be further studied, the Latin American and Caribbean nations said, to ensure countries don’t lose various options for taxing operators. The regional group of countries in the Americas also backs an Asia-Pacific proposal that the regulations can only be significantly revised during a world conference, but the quadrennial ITU policy setting conference can make editorial changes.