We’re Not Going It Alone With Digital Tax Plan, EU Official Says

• Official says bloc isn’t abandoning global policy efforts • Proposal aligns with ongoing OECD BEPS efforts, official says

The EU still hopes to find an international answer to tax policy changes for internet based companies, a senior official said.

“We are now embarking on discussions at the EU level, but that does not mean that we’ve given up on the international discussion, or that we in any way withdraw from the international discussion,” said Bernardus Zuijdendorp, head of the European Commission’s Company Taxation Initiatives unit.

His comments come after the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development was seen as ...