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Germany urges global minimum tax for digital tech giants
- Eridrus 8y agoWhat is the justification for treating tech companies differently to other exporters? Tech companies add VAT to their prices already.
- expertentipp 8y agoLuxembourgian VAT.
- r00fus 8y agoEasier for them to bypass the taxation system a la Dutch Irish sandwich? Same should apply to Fin svcs or other highly fungible products.
- paulddraper 8y agoIsn't that a problem the EU created though? Isn't this a pull the beam out of your own eye first situation?
- choot 8y agoAuto manufacturing seems to have more bad affect on environment which in turn has bad effect on Humans. You'll need to provide infra and healthcare to deal with those issues. Should tech companies be really taxed differently when most of them have very minute fingerprint on nature and humans?
- askaboutit 8y agoNeed a global minimum for all industries indexed similar to Amazon marketplace. Tech 30%. Farming 10-15%. Public service 10%. Etc. Something that can’t be dodged. Even a revenue tax, however that could work. The biggest companies have to much of an advantage. They pay no tax, follow no regulations apart from paying fines. Simply cannot continue.