Go Nagata

Public Management Specialist (Taxation), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

Go Nagata’s current role at ADB supports the governments in Asia and Pacific for enhancing domestic resource mobilization. Before joining ADB in 2019, he had engaged with International taxation projects including bilateral tax treaties, Exchange of Information on tax matters and Base Erosion and Profit Shifting initiatives, in the Ministry of Finance and National Tax Agency Japan since 2011.

Reforming property taxes are one way that Southeast Asian countries can speed pandemic recovery. Photo: Andreas Brucker

How Governments Can Use Tax Policy to Speed Pandemic Recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for a fairer, more robust and more efficient tax revenue and spending system.

Sissie Fung, Brian McAuley, Go Nagata

Digital trade, such as ride-hailing and delivery apps, are taxed inconsistently in Asia. Photo: Rowan Freeman

Taxing Digital Trade Could Speed Pandemic Recovery

Extending a value added tax (VAT) to more effectively capture e-commerce and digital services could yield significant short-term revenue and help ensure a level playing field between domestic and foreign players.

Richard Highfield, Go Nagata

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