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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by vnorilo on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:08PM (#20415273)
Then they would shift net profit to a more favorable environment, i.e. by paying some contrived royalties to the Irish sister company?
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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by FennNaten on Thursday July 11, 2019 @06:56PM (#20416658)
That's exactly what they are currently doing. Current tax law applies to profits, so they shift them to ireland.
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