Global Negotiators Tussle on Revenue Threshold in Tax Talks

  • Officials grapple with proposal for $20 billion floor
  • How to capture Amazon remains key point in discussions

    

Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg
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Global negotiators attempting to rewrite tax rules for the digital era are tussling over a threshold for corporate revenue as one of the criteria to resolve the thorny issue of how to tax globe-trotting U.S. tech giants like Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc.