*EU Antitrust Chief Defends Countries’ Digital Tax Measures *Feb. 26, 2020, 8:00 AM / - Efforts needed in absence of unified solution, Vestager says// // - Supports OECD efforts to forge a global plan/ EU antitrust and tech chief Margrethe Vestager defended European nations’ plans to impose their own digital services taxes on large tech firms. France, Italy, Austria, and the Czech Republic, frustrated by failure to reach consensus on an EU-wide digital services tax, are pushing ahead with their own measures. “I strongly applaud that member states are picking it up where we failed as a community together to do something,” Vestager said in an interview with Bloomberg Tax on Tuesday. “I think it is very important in order to be able to answer the many businesses who pay their taxes, that you’re willing to do something to make sure that your competitors, they pay as well,” she added. [...] continua qui: https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-international/eu-antitrust-ch...