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Re:YouTube tells foreign creators they will soon be charged ... by martin8412 on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @11:18AM (#26412815)
This is literally not even the remotely same thing.. The EU wants to tax companies earning money in the EU.. The US wants to tax people/companies in every other country around the world.

The US is one of those few countries with insane tax legislation. As a US citizen, you won't have a good time moving anywhere, because almost nobody wants to deal with US citizens because of the batshit crazy tax laws.

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Re:YouTube tells foreign creators they will soon be charged ... by jgowdy on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:04PM (#26416223)
The US wants to tax companies earning money in the US.
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Re:YouTube tells foreign creators they will soon be charged ... by thu2111 on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @12:49PM (#26413956)
It's exactly the same thing. EU tells US companies they have to pay money to European governments if they have European customers or users. Same is happening here in reverse.
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Re:YouTube tells foreign creators they will soon be charged ... by sudosysgen on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @03:11PM (#26415554)
The difference is that first, that's a business not an individual, and that European companies would have to pay the same taxes, whereas if you're, say, an Indonesian you'd have to pay local and US tax compared to an American who only pays US tax.
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Re:YouTube tells foreign creators they will soon be charged ... by JamesBarney on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @11:39AM (#26413093)
If you're a youtube creator making money off of showing American's ads in America that seems like earning money in America to me.
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