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Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better by TheOtherHobbes on Monday August 10, 2020 @09:32AM (#24109012)
Amazon did exactly this recently. The costs of the new digital services tax were immediately passed on to suppliers. Amazon won't be paying a cent of it.

Of course legislation could - and should - go after Amazon in other ways. But it makes the point that you don't want lawyers trying to define corporate taxation policy, because too few lawyers have the first clue how to define policy with no loopholes and real teeth.

Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better by tathougies on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:06AM (#24109357)
What is to be gained by reducing Amazon's profits? Less stuff able to be bought online?
Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better by stetrain on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:14AM (#24110130)
Increase competition by allowing local businesses without megacorp productivity leverage to compete on price.