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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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