Re:European Union plans to tax tech giants on local revenue
by TomMarius on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @05:51AM
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Yes, but (mostly, except for VAT) in Germany, not in the countries where they sold the software.
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Re:European Union plans to tax tech giants on local revenue
by pavlov on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @07:16AM
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AFAIK, most of SAP's business goes through local resellers and consultants. They pay taxes in their countries.
The iPhone App Store is a completely different animal from SAP's consulting-heavy sales model, and it seems understandable that the EU commission is interested only in the former.