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I don't really see why foreign companies should be paying any (non-sales) tax in the EU at all. If you ship a physical product to the EU from China, no-one expe

I don't really see why foreign companies should be paying any (non-sales) tax in the EU at all. If you ship a physical product to the EU from China, no-one expects the Chinese factory to pay taxes on their EU revenues. Of course tech companies are not blameless here, they have decided that paying taxes in Ireland is preferable to paying taxes in the US, but if they had their tax location in the US, I don't see how the EU would have a leg to stand on.

staticelf 9y ago
So you mean that companies like Facebook and Google that uses my countrys roads, medical system (for their employees, you don't need to pay for that in my country) and similar stuff, they should pay no tax? Facebook have a big datacenter in my country, partly funded by the government. But yeah, they should pay no taxes. They only consume a lot more of everything than any other company and should give nothing back. I hope you are not serious.
- Eridrus 9y ago
  Your employees pay taxes for healthcare, I'm sure you have some sort of tax on petrol to maintain your roads, I'm sure the local trucking company that actually drove on the roads paid some taxes. I'm sure they pay property taxes on the land they use if you have them. I'm sure they pay for water permits and all that for cooling too. The question is, why is your country entitled to tax their revenue/profits? That is far bigger than the marginal stress they put on your resources. If they were a company selling physical products that they paid someone like DHL to deliver, this would be a completely silly discussion.
  - staticelf 9y ago
    > The question is, why is your country entitled to tax their revenue/profits? That is far bigger than the marginal stress they put on your resources. Because my country offers highly educated personell and their education is enabled to exist due to taxes not only towards people being employed but for companies taking out profits as well. The idea of a company taking out profits from another country even if the value of the product is created in my country by our trained personell is fucked up and will in the long run result be an economic disaster for my country since we can't fund our establishments. Also, it will render the market less competative since smaller shops have a harder time to compete against these giants who pay nearly 0% tax.

staticelf 9y ago

So you mean that companies like Facebook and Google that uses my countrys roads, medical system (for their employees, you don't need to pay for that in my country) and similar stuff, they should pay no tax? Facebook have a big datacenter in my country, partly funded by the government. But yeah, they should pay no taxes. They only consume a lot more of everything than any other company and should give nothing back. I hope you are not serious.

Eridrus 9y ago
Your employees pay taxes for healthcare, I'm sure you have some sort of tax on petrol to maintain your roads, I'm sure the local trucking company that actually drove on the roads paid some taxes. I'm sure they pay property taxes on the land they use if you have them. I'm sure they pay for water permits and all that for cooling too. The question is, why is your country entitled to tax their revenue/profits? That is far bigger than the marginal stress they put on your resources. If they were a company selling physical products that they paid someone like DHL to deliver, this would be a completely silly discussion.
- staticelf 9y ago
  > The question is, why is your country entitled to tax their revenue/profits? That is far bigger than the marginal stress they put on your resources. Because my country offers highly educated personell and their education is enabled to exist due to taxes not only towards people being employed but for companies taking out profits as well. The idea of a company taking out profits from another country even if the value of the product is created in my country by our trained personell is fucked up and will in the long run result be an economic disaster for my country since we can't fund our establishments. Also, it will render the market less competative since smaller shops have a harder time to compete against these giants who pay nearly 0% tax.