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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by bitwize on Thursday July 11, 2019 @02:15PM (#20413949)
The idea behind taxation is "the government needs money to function, and it alone has the authority to take it by force". Anything else is a post hoc justification.
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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by ahje on Friday July 12, 2019 @08:59AM (#20420342)
Exactly. The French government decided that businesses should be taxed for profits made from French consumers. Some businesses found a loop hole using the laws of other EU countries to avoid paying those taxes, and now the government of France decided to plug that loop hole simply because they have the will and the way.

There's not really anything else to it.

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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by rb808 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:41PM (#20414984)
Yeah I think Americans often look for economic incentives behind policy and think taxes are carefully chosen. Most Europeans know basically if there is money there it'll get taxed sooner or later.
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