[governance] The noose is closing on global Internet and other enabled tax dodging

[Norbert Bollow]

Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:

> Internet governance has a specific meaning, the operation and
> oversight of specific processes that have an Internet wide impact,
> and engagement across actors from across stakeholder communities to
> get perspective, hands on contribution and assistance towards a
> common set of goals.

The working definition of Internet governance from WGIG, which has also
been included in the Tunis Agenda, is significantly broader than the
above.

  the development and application by governments, the private sector and
  civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms,
  rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the
  evolution and use of the Internet

Now e-commerce is an important aspect of the use of the Internet, and
any tax treaty that impacts on e-commerce, even if only by resulting
in some requirements to demonstrate in some cases that the e-commerce is
“real” in some sense and not a front for tax evasion, will have some
influence on shaping the evolution and use of the Internet.

Greetings,
Norbert

** Acronym expansion
WGIG=Working Group on Internet Governance

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