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The us had initially wanted a higher minimum rate of 21%. we do hope that countries will be ambitious and the agreement is at least 15%, so we have yet to set the final rate. the chancellor acknowledged that the deal would mean individual digital services tax, including the uks, would have to go, but it is unclear when. the proposals must now go to the wider g20 group, including china, russia and brazil, then the rest of the world. the german finance minister hailed today as an important step, e...

Correspondent katy austin. how to stop multinational companies, particularly tech giants, avoiding tax by booking profits in low or no tax jurisdictions, that was one question at the heart of these discussions between the finance ministers of seven leading economies. im delighted to announce that, today, after years of discussion, g7 finance ministers have reached a historic agreement to reform the global tax system, to make it fit for the global this digital age but, crucially, to make sure tha...

Ministers have reached a historic agreement to reform the global tax system, to make it fit for the global digital age but crucially to make sure it is fair, so that the right companies pay the right tax in the right places. they agreed to the principle of a global minimum corporation tax of at least 15%. as well as rules to make the largest companies with profits of more than 10% pay more tax in countries where sales are made, notjust where they declare their profits. the us had initially wante...

Than 10% pay more tax in the country where sales are made, notjust where they declare their profits. the us had initially wanted a higher minimum rate of 21%. we do hope that countries will be ambitious and the agreement is at least 15%, so we have yet to set the final rate. the chancellor acknowledged that the deal would mean individual digital services tax, including the uks, would have to go, but it is unclear when. the proposals must now go to the wider g20 group, including china, russia and...

Correspondent katy austin. how correspondent katy austin. to stop multinational c particularly how to stop multinational companies, particularly tech giants, avoiding tax by booking profits in low or no tax by booking profits in low or no tax jurisdictions, tax by booking profits in low or no taxjurisdictions, that tax by booking profits in low or no tax jurisdictions, that was one question at the heart of these discussions between the finance ministers of seven leading economies. ministers of s...

Ability to pay minimal tax bills. today, the finance ministers of the seven leading economies, the g7, hit back with an historic deal brokered by the chancellor rishi sunak. im delighted to announce that today after years of discussion, g7 finance ministers have reached a historic agreement to reform the global tax system, to make it fit for the global digital age but crucially to make sure it is fair, so that the right companies pay the right tax in the right places. they agreed to the principl...

Where they declare their profits. the us had initially wanted a higher minimum rate of 21%. we do hope that countries will be ambitious and the agreement is at least 15%, so we have yet to set the final rate. the chancellor acknowledged that the deal would mean individual digital services tax, including the uks, would have to go, but it is unclear when. the proposals must now go to the wider g20 group, including china, russia and brazil, then the rest of the world. the german finance minister ha...

Than 10% pay more tax in countries where sales are made, notjust where they declare their profits. the us had initially wanted a higher minimum rate of 21%. what do you say to those campaigners who say 15% isnt really going to be the tra nsformative change? we have yet to set the final rate. there is an agreement amongst the g7, though, to go for at least 15%, and i do think that is an historic achievement. alongside the power to tax some local sales, the uk, foryears, campaigners and european f...

Rishi Sunak is pushing the United States to agree to tougher rules on the tax paid by tech giants as part of a global corporation tax overhaul. Finance ministers from the G7 will meet this week to thrash out the biggest reforms to global tax rules in a generation in a bid to ensure multinational companies pay their fair share. President Joe Biden has proposed a minimum global corporation tax rate of 15pc as well as new rules forcing the world's largest 100 companies to pay taxes based on th...