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NDP calls for OTT sales tax, end of ad tax exemption

Brief | 05/13/2019 2:25 pm EDT
NDP calls for OTT sales tax, end of ad tax exemption
NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice announces in Montreal on May 13 that the NDP's election platform will include imposing sales taxes on foreign digital services./ Photo by Anja Karadeglija.

MONTREAL The NDP’s platform for this year’s federal election will include requiring foreign over-the-top (OTT) services to collect and remit sales tax on revenues earned in Canada and ending the tax exemption for advertising on foreign online platforms.

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