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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by mc32 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:19PM (#20415384)
That’s not what they say when the subject of tariffs comes up. “We’ll have to pass it on to consumers”.
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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by zaroth on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:32PM (#20415528)
But in reality, a share of the tariff is paid by the supplier and a share is paid by the consumer.

And if I remember my classic macroeconomics class correctly, that share depends precisely on the elasticity of demand (slope of the demand curve).

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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by seirl on Thursday July 11, 2019 @07:26PM (#20416818)
This is correct.
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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by dredmorbius on Thursday July 11, 2019 @06:03PM (#20416308)
Economic facts pay little heed to economic rhetoric.
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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by FranzFerdiNaN on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:25AM (#20418439)
Companies only ever tell the truth of course.
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