E-commerce and the long arm of the tax man

E-commerce and the long arm of the tax man
Smith and Williamson Ltd director John Voyez chaired the Nexia International European Tax Conference in Malta on Friday. Photo: Jason Borg A relatively new concept at the end of the last century, e-commerce has gone from vague to thriving in just 10 years: By 2008, the estimated economic spend on the Web, excluding travel, surpassed $438 billion.