Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aleksandra Bal covers indirect tax and technology developments. Current regulations do not require platforms to collect VAT on ...

The platform economy has emerged as a formidable force in human resource development, employment generation, and advancing gender empowerment and equality. Rather than producing goods themselves, ...

For most of modern economic history, markets functioned as relatively open systems. Consumers interacted directly with retailers, service providers, transport operators and businesses within broadly ...