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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by ttoinou on Sunday March 03, 2019 @01:45PM (#19296021)
Not like GST : it would be on all transactions in the legal currency, including B2B. There wouldn't be an artificial difference between "businesses" and "customers"

Not like VAT : VAT is way more complex and expenses are deducted at each step

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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by IanCal on Sunday March 03, 2019 @03:25PM (#19296615)
So cheaper for large integrated companies? Sounds like it'd really hurt competitors starting up.
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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by tonyedgecombe on Sunday March 03, 2019 @03:49PM (#19296755)
It would kill any business with a long supply chain, the only manufacturers left would be the ones where ore arrives at one end of the factory and finished goods come out of the other end.
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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by ttoinou on Sunday March 03, 2019 @03:49PM (#19296759)
It would be cheaper for everyone because of tax simplifications. Current system is already unfair to a lot of group of people, including small businesses. And large company also have money transfers so I am not sure to understand the example unless we go into the specifics a little bit more
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