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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by hanniabu on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:11AM (#19299170)
Can you expand on why you think it's regressive?

> That should be maxed out long before we look at a VAT.

This is relative. The US government sucks at being efficient.

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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by scooble on Monday March 04, 2019 @03:15AM (#19299619)
Not the person you asked, but as I understand it, poor people spend a higher percentage of their income on goods and services (because they have less left over after paying for basic necessities). So a higher percentage of their income is lost on VAT than a richer person. This makes it a much less progressive taxation method than e.g. Income tax.
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