European Union plans to tax tech giants on local revenue

Re:European Union plans to tax tech giants on local revenue by drexlspivey on Monday March 05, 2018 @06:03PM (#16525380)

If Ireland was offering access to their own market of 5m they should be able to set whatever corporate tax they like. When they are offering access to a market of 550m they shouldn't be able to undercut everyone else.

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Re:European Union plans to tax tech giants on local revenue by ghein on Monday March 05, 2018 @08:23PM (#16526157)

So what's a fair rate of tax? Who decides?

The French Finance Minister? A EU Commissioner?

Taxation without representation in a purportedly democratic polity tends to not go down well.

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Re:European Union plans to tax tech giants on local revenue by sethgecko on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @05:48AM (#16528056)

Ideally an EU finance minister appointed by the European Parliament.

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