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Re:EU lost up to €5.4B in tax revenues from Google, Facebook... by aembleton on Thursday September 14, 2017 @11:21AM (#15248915)
No, you wouldn't have to pay taxes in Germany. But, if you sell to German businesses, such as providing hosting services then they wouldn't be able to deduct that as costs when calculating their taxes.

They would only be able to deduct German costs, defined as the employment of someone with a NI number (or German equivalent) or another business with a tax number.

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Re:EU lost up to €5.4B in tax revenues from Google, Facebook... by taysic on Saturday September 16, 2017 @02:28PM (#15265896)
So you disincentivize using any services in countries other than the one your subsidiary is in? They would have to be significantly better than other options to be worth not being able to deduct those costs.
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