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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by mola on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:47PM (#20413691)
Vat isn't paid on the ad space these companies sell to other foreign businesses.
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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by ApolloFortyNine on Thursday July 11, 2019 @02:18PM (#20413981)
They do though?

>https://sellercentral-europe.amazon.com/forums/t/been-charge...

>https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/external/201748700?...

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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by JAlexoid on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:03PM (#20414436)
VAT is an interesting one, since Amazon isn't even affected by VAT. It's easy to reduce VAT liability altogether.

This tax is a crude corporate income tax replacement.

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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by AdrianB1 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:16PM (#20415931)
Amazon cannot go around VAT, it is paying it in full to the state; Amazon's customer can deduct VAT if the customer is a business and it is using the product in the production of other products or services that are sold and VAT is collected. The state collects VAT in the end, no matter what.
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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by alwayseasy on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:44PM (#20416169)
Amazon doesn't pay the VAT it collects it for the state.
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