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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by ApolloFortyNine on Thursday July 11, 2019 @02:16PM (#20413953)
It's a sales tax. In the EU it's fitted into the price the consumer sees. From every sale Amazon makes 20% of that is going to the government.

You could easily argue every tax on Amazon is a tax on the consumer. If you increase the cost of Amazon doing business, prices go up.

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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by zmk_ on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:47PM (#20415073)
Just because the seller is responsible for transferring the tax revenue to the tax office does not mean that the seller is the one paying it.
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