Trump wasted no time. Just over a month after the 20 January Memoranda, the President issued a new Memorandum on 21 February, this time setting his sights squarely on the digital sector. Presented as a measure to defend American companies and innovators against what is called “overseas extortion”, the Memorandum paves the way for the…

Introduction The growing uncertainties about Pillar One’s success, coupled with the recent EU Council’s mandate to the Commission to submit an EU legislative proposal in case Pillar One fails, have reignited the debate on whether Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) are a possible and suitable solution to address the challenges raised by the digitalization of the…

Raffaele Russo[1] “In those countries where income taxes are lower than in the United States, the ability to defer the payment of U.S. tax by retaining income in the subsidiary companies provides a tax advantage for companies operating through overseas subsidiaries that is not available to companies operating solely in the United States… The undesirability…

Much controversial research released by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the end of March 2021 has concluded that the inception of the COVID-19 disease is likely due to a crossover of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from animals to humans. Although not unprecedented as an accident, the chances of viruses crossing over from other species to…