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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by JimmyAustin on Sunday March 03, 2019 @10:49PM (#19298627)
In the US, the IRS collected $3.33 trillion in revenue in 2018, with a total budget of 11.5 billion (2017). Thats 0.3453%, or 35c per $100 of tax revenue. Fairly minor in the scheme of things.
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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by ttoinou on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:38AM (#19299258)
Monetary costs are a small subset of general costs (and the cheapest ones, easier to know and aggregate).
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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by jpadkins on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @12:00PM (#19320471)
that's only one side of the ledger (collection). Now calculate the costs to the taxpayers (people and corps).
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