[civil / observer net Chen Rui]
France will begin to wait for Internet tycoon to impose new digital tax to Gu Ge, apple on January 1 from next year, predict new tax law carry out the income that will bring 500 million euro 2019 only. Before this, france ever joined an organization in European Union and classics similar levy taxes is driven inside frame, but progress is slow. France this second too impatient to wait pursues levy plan, whether can affect other country jointly, should the cold winter of Internet tycoons come really?
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According to England " defend a newspaper " will report on December 17, do French economy and Ministry of finance grow Bruno? Lemeier (Bruno Le Maire) say on the press conference, france will take the lead in beginning levy to Internet tycoon inside the European Union.
He complements, "No matter produced what condition on January 1 next year, this taxation will be in annual was carried out 2019, we predict to will gain income of revenue of 500 million euro. We predict to will gain income of revenue of 500 million euro..
According to the report, this taxation is called by the outside GAFA duty, song of the Yu Gu that get a name (Google) , apple (Apple) , facial book (Facebook) with Yamaxun (Amazon) the initial abbreviate of name of these a few companies, levy target points to the tycoon of Internet science and technology of usury embellish continuously. The effective tax rate of this type company normally under other company.
In the meantime, company of large science and technology is used normally in the Ireland, taxation privilege that opens the national district such as graceful archipelago, Bermuda policy avoids duty, bring about European Union each country to often be on duty Wu problem with stick like a limpet of company of American science and technology, at the same time the European Union avoids in blow enterprise the attitude of duty respect is tougher and tougher also.
According to Afp report, informal meeting grows in the European Union Ministry of finance at the beginning of September, the European Union expresses, the negotiation that collects digital duty respect to the large company that cross a state gains headway, the target is reach inside this year consistent.
But, the country of a few members of the European Union, the song that be like cereal and the headquarters Ireland that the apple is in Europe and the country such as Finnish, Czech hold crosscurrent to GAFA duty, they think to will destroy the taxation agreement of European Union and other country in the practice of the levy inside the European Union only. In closing to how defining camp of company of science and technology " the number serves " content, each member countries also cannot be reached consistent.
Feel the resistance that boosts GAFA tax to European Union interior, french attempt is mixed through global agreement with the purpose that other country collaboration reachs him inside the European Union.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, abbreviation is organized via closing (OECD) , devoting oneself to to establish the global levy standard that is aimed at tycoons of science and technology. In the meantime, france and Germany cooperate actively, avoid in the light of what partial enterprise changes state of low taxation policy tax act, the plan imposes the ad sale tax of 3% inside European Union limits to 2021.
But OECD and progress of law heart plan are slow, this makes France cast them, one-sided advances the expropriation of GAFA duty to plan.
According to France " capital " magazine (Capital.fr) message, the pay taxes amount of these a few tycoons still is less than GAFA at present 50 million euro. And after new GAFA tax law is carried out, compare before the revenue income that French government hopeful gains 10 times above.
"' GAFA duty ' idea comes from European committee. This committee ever offerred to serve generation income to collect to the number of these big companies with the tax rate of 3% last year in March. ' French general is striven for after all for taxation of this frequency word, ' dragon of French president mark expresses. ' dragon of French president mark expresses..
The message that imposes new tax to GAFA, netizens publish a comment in succession, point to taxation of tycoon of red Internet of French government key point continuously this big cake.
Still netizen head hole is large speak this taxation incident, it and French dynamic " yellow waists-coat " athletic connection rises.
In European Union interior, besides France, england also is considering levy taxes of pair of company of Internet science and technology.
This year in October, general of benefit of humble of British finance minister? Hammond says, "Tycoon of science and technology gained a large number of income in England, did not pay tax according to scale however, this is very inequitable. " he expresses, british government plans to rolled out the number that is aimed at tycoon of science and technology to serve duty in April 2020, tax rate is 2% .
Hammond expresses, although for example OECD such global agreement " it is best long-term solution " , but " progress is slow " , "We cannot talk on forever " .
