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An overview of digital service taxation

raul Katz

Geneva: ITU (2025), xi, 36 pp.

"The study’s first major conclusion is that taxes imposed both on operators and on consumers remain in place in many countries around the world. At least 74 countries impose taxes on service providers, whether environmentally related, import duties on equipment or VAT on equipment purchases. Simil ... arly, 145 countries impose VAT on mobile services, while 74 apply import duties on mobile devices. Secondly, some nuanced geographic patterns in terms of taxation approaches can be teased out from the data. The group of countries exempting equipment purchases from taxation include advanced economies and some less developed countries. This would indicate that this group is not only composed of countries that do not require equipment taxation to increase revenues but also countries that prioritize maximization of network coverage (stimulated by lower equipment taxes) over tax collection. That said, there appears to be countries, mostly concentrated in the developing world, with some middle-income economies, that still prioritize tax collection from import duties on equipment. Thirdly, unlike with network equipment, many countries were identified that exempt consumer devices from import duty or device-specific taxes. Furthermore, several developing countries were found to tax the import of devices at an extremely high rate. However, some countries have established consumer device taxation approaches aimed at reducing the purchasing acquisition cost. At the other end, some countries appear to have imposed high taxation on consumer devices. In addition to taxes on devices, affordability of telecommunications/ICTs for consumers is affected by VAT paid on mobile telecommunications services, a fairly common practice across countries. Of all services to which VAT is applied, the most prevalent service is outgoing international traffic, where rates range between 2.75 per cent and 20 per cent. Finally, many countries have enacted a digital service tax to address perceived gaps in corporate income-tax systems. This approach imposes a tax on gross receipts derived from digital advertising, data mining and other types of digital platform revenue. A few countries have already implemented national approaches aimed at tackling profit shifting by digital platforms. While many countries did not report the application of digital service taxes in the ITU Tariff Policies Survey, of the 115 nations that provided a response, only 17 reported applying a digital service tax, and the percentage applied varies from 3% (Fance) to 21% (Argentina). This limited evidence prevents us from understanding what the current trend is in this domain." (Conclusion) more

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L'internet, son web et e-mail en Afrique: Approche critique

Raphael Ntambue Tshimbulu

Paris: L'Harmattan (2001), 353 pp.

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Book Marketing and Promotion: A Handbook of Good Practice
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Hans M. Zell

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2001), xv, 366 pp.

"This book fills a gap in book marketing literature, as it focuses on marketing books in developing countries. It is, indeed, "a handbook on good practice". How much should you spend for your marketing budget? How to write effective copy? How much time does it take before the first book reviews appe ... more

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Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 2000/2001

Hans-Bredow-Institut (ed.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos (2000), 926 pp.

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The Art of Facilitating Participation: Releasing the Power of Grassroots Communication

Shirley A. White (ed.)

Thousand Oaks: Sage (1999), 367 pp.

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Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 1998/1999

Hans-Bredow-Institut

Baden-Baden: Nomos (1998), 830 pp.

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América Latina en internet: Manual y fuentes de información

Graciela Fainstein Lamuedra et al.

Madrid: CINDOC (1997), 263 pp.

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CD-ROM for African Research Needs: Guidelines for Selecting Databases

Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1996), 157 pp.

"CD-ROM publishing is evolving so fast that there is no way that African users can keep pace with the new developments. As a result, African universities are hard-pressed to make appropriate decisions concerning the best allocation of scarce resources, which means that many of them are subscribing t ... more

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Desarrollo desde arriba y desde abajo: Información, documentación y comunicación en las ONGs de América Latina

Laura Hurtado Galván

Cusco: Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos Bartolomé de Las Casas (1995), 397 pp.

Book Marketing and Promotion: A Handbook of Good Practice Key Guidance

Book Marketing and Promotion: A Handbook of Good Practice
Key Guidance