The tax was planned by some EU countries but it has been cancelled on pressure of US government, defending the interests of large companies like Google ([1] & [

The tax was planned by some EU countries but it has been cancelled on pressure of US government, defending the interests of large companies like Google ([1] & [2]). The legislation for this tax may have not addressed exactly the Mercedes case, but in general the idea was to tax more digital services, which I believe the Mercedes subscription would be qualifying for. [1]: https://www.dw.com/en/us-reaches-agreement-to-end-european-digital-services-taxes/a-59584827 https://www.dw.com/en/us-reaches-agreement-to-end-european-d... [2]: https://www.politico.eu/article/washington-big-tech-tax-talks-oecd/ https://www.politico.eu/article/washington-big-tech-tax-talk...