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Re:Italy drags Meta, X, LinkedIn into €1B+ VAT showdown: fre... by robertlagrant on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @09:14AM (#44658879)
If people pay with money then yes, that will be subject to tax somewhere.
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Re:Italy drags Meta, X, LinkedIn into €1B+ VAT showdown: fre... by 2000UltraDeluxe on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @09:24AM (#44658987)
That depends on jurisdiction, I guess. Here, paying with goods or services doesn't excempt the other party from paying VAT. I fail to see how that can't be applied when paying with intellectual property.
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Re:Italy drags Meta, X, LinkedIn into €1B+ VAT showdown: fre... by robertlagrant on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @10:07AM (#44659396)
Anything can be applied - why isn't giving a street performer money subject to VAT? So yes, it could be applied.
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Re:Italy drags Meta, X, LinkedIn into €1B+ VAT showdown: fre... by DrScientist on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @11:32AM (#44660358)
I suspect if buskers earn enough they very well might be eligable for VAT.

( I am not a tax lawyer ).

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Re:Italy drags Meta, X, LinkedIn into €1B+ VAT showdown: fre... by robertlagrant on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @12:24PM (#44660985)
That would only be if the income is VAT-taxable, or at least in the UK anyway. I am also not a lawyer but they appear to be defining the fairly nebulous "data value" as being VAT-taxable now. There's no rhyme or reason other than "country got power; country want more money",
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