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Re:European Union plans to tax tech giants on local revenue by StreamBright on Monday March 05, 2018 @04:07PM (#16524397)
This is why you pay tax on your income and not on how much is left at the end of the month, right?
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Re:European Union plans to tax tech giants on local revenue by pmontra on Monday March 05, 2018 @04:11PM (#16524442)
Right, but unfortunately for me I'm not taxed at 2-6%. More like an extra zero.
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Re:European Union plans to tax tech giants on local revenue by manfredo on Monday March 05, 2018 @05:23PM (#16525098)
Not exactly. It's more like you're taxed even if you are unemployed and not making any money at all. Taxing based on revenue rather than profit would mean that a company making no profit would still have to pay tax.
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