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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by greatpatton on Thursday July 11, 2019 @12:43PM (#20413026)
Amazon is not paying the VAT, the customer is. They are just here to collect it.
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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by leetcrew on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:15PM (#20413361)
it doesn't really matter who pays the tax; it's pretty much orthogonal to tax burden. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_incidence
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