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France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet Giants
- gamechangr 8y agoThis was posted yesterday with a great discussion going.... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19294213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19294213
- ytNumbers 8y agoThis seems like a remarkably easy way for governments to raise revenue without directly harming their citizens. Not all 193 sovereign countries in the world can (or would want to) implement such a tax. But, I can imagine that there are dozens of countries that are going to view this new approach to taxation as the easiest money they've ever confiscated.