Thursday, November 07, 2019

France marks the way for global control of technology companies

It charges them 3% on revenue, while waiting for the “unified OECD” proposal. Spain intends to copy the measure if consensus is not reached soon.

With the imposition of a fine of almost € 1 billion on Google for irregularities in corporate tax between 2011 and 2014, France reached a record in tax matters. The approval of the GAFA Rate (Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) was the initiative to get these mega businesses to pay taxes in their territory. The French government argues that it seeks to combat tax havens, which apparently increased its flow of deposits with funds from these digital companies.

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