MEPs in the European Parliament have signalled their support in clear and uncertain terms for the taxation of digital services, during a vote in Thursday’s plenary session (13 December) in Strasbourg. “Both the European Parliament and the European people want tech giants to pay their taxes,” Socialist MEP Paul Tang said, after the results came…
MEPs expressed their indignation on Wednesday 12 December at the deadlock in the Council’s negotiations on the proposal to tax gross income from the activities of digital platforms (‘digital services tax’ or DST) at 3%; meanwhile, the European Parliament prepares to vote on Thursday on the two ambitious opinion reports by Dariusz Rosati (EPP, Poland)…
While Minister of Finance across Europe are still fighting among each other about taxing tech companies that use loopholes to avoid paying tax, a study in six EU countries shows strong and broad support for a tax on tech giants. More than 75 per cent of all citizen in Denmark, Sweden, France, The Netherlands, Germany…
In reactie op kritiek van Amerikaanse Senatoren bepleitte het Financieele Dagblad dat er geen digitaks moet komen. Zij hopen op een beter voorstel. Maar een digitale taks zal internationale overeenstemming juist dichter bij elkaar brengen. Het is hard nodig dat er snel een digitale taks komt, want het huidige speelveld is ongelijk wat vraagt om…