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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by AdrianB1 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:08PM (#20415861)
I think it is impossible to sell anything in the EU without VAT, which is a much higher taxation rate than profit (not as percentage, but as money: VAT is 20-25% of the product or service price, profit can be as low as 1-5%. What the likes of Amazon, Google or Facebook are not paying is profit tax, pretending they have no profits. French companies that have no profits also don't pay profit tax.
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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by jadel on Thursday July 11, 2019 @07:37PM (#20416872)
Before the new VAT rules Amazon had a deal over VAT with Luxembourg, similar to the deal with Ireland on income tax.

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-3701_en.htm

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