Digital Tax Follies: The Importance and Understanding of Sound Tax Policies in Europe

  ACT | The App Association’s small business members are the leading edge of innovation in the ever-evolving digital economy. Governments are racing to create mechanisms to measure and tax the value of digital activity. Unfortunately, the rapid shifting of tax laws and policy globally has complicated small businesses’ ability [...]

By |2025-03-17T12:30:46-04:00March 17th, 2025|Blog, European Union, Global, Policy, Tax, Trade, United Kingdom|

EU Lawmakers’ DMA Petition to DoJ and Commerce Deserves Quick Dismissal

  We recently highlighted a bright spot in the otherwise dismal outlook for global digital marketplace regulation. Specifically, as governments around the world consider Digital Markets Act (DMA)-style regulatory frameworks, we have highlighted the way that these regulations harm small innovators globally. President Trump has focused on another aspect, calling [...]

By |2025-03-11T10:08:06-04:00March 10th, 2025|antitrust, Blog, Trade|

Why Did Brazil’s CADE Exclude Small Business Developers from its Digital Platform Regulation Hearing?

  Recently, Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) held a public hearing to discuss digital platform regulation—an issue with enormous implications for the ACT | The App Association community both in and outside of Brazil. The App Association has worked with governments around the world to bring small business [...]

By |2025-03-17T12:37:20-04:00March 10th, 2025|Blog, Competition, Global, Tech Regulation|

The EU’s DMA at One Year: Are SMEs Better Off?

  One year into the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Union’s ambitious effort to regulate competition in the digital economy, startups are seeing more challenges than benefits. The DMA was introduced with the promise of ‘levelling the playing field’ by reining in more dominant technology companies. [...]

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