Question follow-through · 42193

Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to end the digital services tax.

answeredTreasury

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Treasury
Tabled
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
31 Mar 2025
Answer
1 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to end the digital services tax.

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Digital Services Tax was introduced as a temporary measure to address international corporate tax issues, until a global solution on the taxation of the digital economy is reached through Pillar 1 of the G20-OECD Inclusive Framework project. It is the...

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