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Re:EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business by badrabbit on Friday December 16, 2022 @03:29PM (#34019879)
Because that is where the sale happened. You buy a lot of stuff that was made in China but pay tax in your country right? Not only was the sale in france, the goods that the customer pay for (video content) are delivered too france like normal goods and watched/consumed in france.
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Re:EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business by Ygor on Friday December 16, 2022 @03:49PM (#34020154)
No, you pay VAT/sales tax for stuff made in China. The company pays taxes on profits where the company is registered. When you pay for Netflix in France, you pay VAT on the transaction too.
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Re:EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business by ClumsyPilot on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:02PM (#34020325)
Is that why iPhone is design in US, Built in china but the taxes are paid in bermuda? Totally legitimate?
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Re:EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business by Ygor on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:12PM (#34020463)
I'm not arguing that the setup is legitimate. I'm pointing out that the above analogy is confusing different tax types. The sales tax is not in question here. I'm all for revisiting how profits are taxed based on where they are made, but sales taxes/VAT is already collected correctly for both iphone and netflix.
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